John Jay Chapman Quotes

Anyone who is a leader for reform will accumulate enemies over time.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

Every single change is fought by those who would be affected by it.

Those who cling to the past won't give up without a fight.

Progress is never accepted by everybody.

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

The real leaders cannot appear in the peaceful time; nor can the serious opposition emerge from within the peaceful atmosphere. Without an open confrontation, there is no opposition!

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.

It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes.

Reform means difficulties. History moves often by leaps, then it moves slowly, because the resistance is organizing itself.

No great reform can be achieved except at the sacrifice of some opinion.

Only force would produce social change.

Reform without pain is impossible.

Social change can be painful for all involved—oppressor and oppressed.

There is no progress without struggle.

It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.

Inertia is as powerful a force in society and politics as it is on physics, and effecting change can be demanding and discouraging.

Change means movement. Movement means friction.

A revolution cannot survive without an enemy in front of it..

Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it with effect, those who take the other will of course be hostile in proportion as they feel that effect.

Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.