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The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. Montesquieu

Democracy, Dangerous, Tyranny, Citizen

We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings. Helen Keller

Worst, Human, May, Most, Found, Them

It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy. Hillary Clinton

Change, Hope, Night, Looks, Gathering

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. Dan Millman

Success, Fear, People, Feel, Key, Doubt

The good inside of all of us is wrapped in a layer of apathy, and we forget how much potential we have within us, in each and every one of us, to change the world for the better for ourselves and our children, and thus to bring about oneness. Shari Arison

Good, Change, Children, Change The World

As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity. Hunter S. Thompson

Journalism, Shame, Mediocrity, Far

Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness. James Goldsmith

Tolerance, Weakness, Virtue, Neighbors

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is. Rollo May

Love, Hate, Opposite

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. Helen Keller

Science, Worst, Human, May, Most, Found

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. Leo Buscaglia

Love, Love Is, Hate, Strong, Feeling

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care. Jimmy Buffett

Ignorance, Care, Know, Hey

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. Robert M. Hutchins

Death, Democracy, Slow, Will, Extinction

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison

People, Dead, Enough, Statue, Leap, Make

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. Arnold J. Toynbee

Imagination, Storm, Practice, Enthusiasm

With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page. Eddie Vedder

Day, Sadness, Feel, Every Day, News, Our

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy. Camille Perri

Power, Our, Succumb

In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage. Michael Steinhardt

Ignorance, People, Heritage, America

Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in their nation's future. Such pessimism leads to disengagement. We risk losing a generation of young Muslims to apathy and extremism. Najib Razak

Future, Losing, Nation, Feel, Control

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy. Henry Rollins

People, Democracy, Think, Voting, Way

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. William Safire

Ignorance, Care, Speech, Know, Caused

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion. Horace Greeley

Living, Oblivion, Sort

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens. Jesse Ventura

Government, You, Worst, Citizens

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. Cyril Connolly

Class, Crime, May, Well, Slums, Middle

Apathy in youth culture is pretty stark. Dominic Holland

Culture, Youth, Pretty, Youth Culture

Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Gossip, Greed, Celebrity, Entertainment

Here's what the right-wing has in, there's no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes. Janeane Garofalo

Fear, Hate, Ignorance, Long, Will, Some

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