What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.
It's a lot easier to opine from the sidelines.
The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
You are not an active creator of the film.
Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.
I don't like work like that. I am the silent partner. I work through events, I live on the sidelines, I dabble in causes and effects, I watch how the misbegotten creatures of this world live their lives.
I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.
I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would. When he grabbed her, I tried to separate them, but he turned on me. I punched him and knocked him down. It wasn't a scandal; I was just doing what anybody should.
I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'
It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many
I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun.
If you see someone being hurt, if you see someone being harmed, and if you see someone that's not in a safe position, you need to definitely say something.
There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little as possible, any minimal critical effort, to really facilitate civil rights in the White House.
I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement.
Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested.
Didja ever get one of them girls who just wants to watch the show?
