Quotes About Neutrality

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.

And it will always happen that he who is not your friend will invite you to neutrality, while he who is your friend will call on you to declare yourself openly in arms.

He who is not your friend will demand your neutrality.

A prince is also esteemed when he shows himself a true friend or a true enemy, that is, when, without reservation, he takes his stand with one side or the other. This is always wiser than trying to be neutral, for if two powerful neighbors of yours fall out they are either of such sort that the victor may give you reason to fear him or they are not. In either case it will be better for you to take sides and wage an honest war.

I won't even say who I'm going to vote for. I don't want to make people feel like me, or MySpace, is endorsing anyone.

What I used to say to people, when I was much more engagé myself, is that you can't be apolitical. It will come and get you. It's not that you shouldn't be neutral. It's that you won't be able to stay neutral.

The State government of Kentucky at that time was rebel in sentiment, but wanted to preserve an armed neutrality between the North and the South, and the governor really seemed to think the State had a perfect right to maintain a neutral position.

The declaration of Belgian neutrality had been one of Hitler's great diplomatic successes, very-little appreciated by the outside world. It left France with the northern part of her border exposed; the French armies could enter Belgium only after the German armies had done so, and would thus have no time to prepare positions.

The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral.

Entertainment is not politically neutral.

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.

Estaba muerta, ése era ahora su estado natural y pacífico. Como si nunca hubiera sido otra cosa: de repente pétrea, muerta y neutra, una cosa.

i vinti che più ispirano la nostra pietà sono le persone che non stavano con nessuna delle due parti in lotta. E che dopo la fine della guerra sono state dimenticate dalla storia.»

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.

Lo maravilloso de un bebé es que es un intelectual puro. Aprende cualquier cosa con total imparcialidad, sin ningún prejuicio.

I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.

Historians must, of course, present both sides of the argument, but they do not have to be neutral. I hope that I have treated the facts, as far as they can be determined with accuracy, as sacred, but I cannot hide my conviction

Things in Nature are neutral. It is our approach that determines whether sense objects are experienced as sources of pain or pleasure.

I never pick a side when I am announcing a big boxing match but there's always a part of you rooting for the underdog I guess.

You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.

This match is about sport and I separate that completely from politics.

We want the U.S. to have constructive and stable relations with China. That makes it much easier for us. Then we don't have to choose sides.

Politics should stay out of the stadium.

ALL FORCES WITHIN NATURE ARE ESSENTIALLY NEUTRAL. THEY MANIFEST EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY DEPENDING UPON THE INTENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS THE MISINTERPRETATION OF THIS FACT THAT HAS GIVEN RISE TO THE ERRONEOUS CONCEPT OF FREE WILL. WARRIORS DO NOT HAVE FREE WILL; FOR THEM THERE IS ONLY THE CHOICE TO ACT IMPECCABLY OR UNIMPECCABLY. TO ACT UNIMPECCABLY IS FOR WARRIORS NOT A CHOICE WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION; THEREFORE FREE WILL IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.