Quotes About Neutrality

In the Second World War he took no public part, having escaped to a neutral country just before its outbreak. In private conversation he was wont to say that homicidal lunatics were well employed in killing each other, but that sensible men would keep out of their way while they were doing it. Fortunately this outlook, which is reminiscent of Bentham, has become rare in this age, which recognizes that heroism has a value independent of its utility. The Last Survivor of a Dead Epoch

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

If you have empathy for both sides, then that's the same as having no empathy at all.

You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.

Right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here. Some reporters make judgments, but that is not my style. I present both sides and report what I see with my own eyes.

It is wrong to say the U.S. should 'not take sides' in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

I love giving you my opinion, but I don't like taking sides.

When people write comedy from neutrality, it just gets kind of silly.

National polls showed that when England and France declared war on Germany, in 1939, less than 10 percent of our population favored a similar course for America.

A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.

Any power (light, dark, masculine, feminine) may be used for good or evil; it is how it is used that affects the outcome. The power in itself is neutral.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.

There are a large number of institutions in this country which we should not politicise.

Tennis is only a sport, and we don't intend to get involved in politics.

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.

Jesus does not allow us to be neutral about Him. Jesus demands that we decide about Him.

Trust is the first requisite for making a friend. How can we be anything but alone, if our attitude to men is one of armed neutrality, if we are suspicious, and assertive, and querulous, and over-cautious in our advances?

As we mentioned once before, we are trying to take a neutral path between the North and South. We find ourselves in a situation that cannot help but give our books a 'Northern' tinge. For some reason, while the South turned out much colorful story material on the war, the North seems to have documented the actual history of the war a lot more completely.

As we mentioned once before, we are trying to take a neutral bath between the North and South. We find ourselves in a situation that cannot help but give our books a 'Northern' tinge. For some reason, while the South turned out much colorful story material on the war, the North seems to have document the actual history of the war a lot more completely.

As we mentioned once before, we are trying to take a neutral path between the North and South. We find ourselves in a situation that cannot help but give our books a 'Northern' tinge. For some reason, while the South turned out much colorful story material on the war, the North seems to have document the actual history of the war a lot more completely.

The American people do not like neutrality. They would rather a man were on the wrong side than on neither.

My parents are apolitical - no bumper stickers, no yard signs. They don't talk about politics.