Silent Complicity Quotes

He was murdered by every member of the gospel who has remained silent about racial discrimination—who has hidden behind the stained glass windows of his church.. He was murdered by every Negro who accepted segregation.

A time comes when silence is betrayal.

It is well known to every man in this community, and has become a matter of history throughout the enlightened world, that the government of the United States looked on the scenes of robbing, driving, and murdering of this people and said nothing about the matter, but by silence gave sanction to the lawless proceedings. Hundreds of women and children have been laid in the tomb prematurely.

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative from which we cannot escape.

No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.

The wrongdoer is often the person who left something undone, rather than the person who has done something

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.