#passive

In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive. ↗

— William Bernbach

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The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. ↗

— William Godwin

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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing. ↗

— Danny Boyle

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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

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Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. ↗

— Robin Morgan

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Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

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Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

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