#neutralit

The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it. ↗

— Arthur Goldberg

#brooding #compelled #concept #constitution #devotion

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#lasting #neutrality #principle #weakness

Net neutrality is a concept that the tech industry rallies around, but it is hypocrisy. ↗

— Dave Winer

#concept #hypocrisy #industry #net #neutrality

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#does #express #feel #foundations #keep

I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded. ↗

— Criss Jami

#brickheads #conscious #consciousness #conservatism #conservative

To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time. ↗

— George William Norris

#beginning #believe #done #had #i

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat. ↗

— Samuel Schmid

#fight #neutrality #part #switzerland #terrorism

The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not entertain that bargain either. ↗

— Edward Grey

#asks #away #bargain #belgium #chancellor

It is a form of generational narcissism to change texts to suit one's own needs. ↗

— Luke Timothy Johnson

#political-correctness #change

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#courage #dissent #moral-courage #neutrality #protest