Bill Gates Quotes

The adherents of the old order have a powerful ally in the natural law of inertia inherent in humanity which is … a natural defense against change.

There are people and interests that do not want change. It is not in their interest for this system to change.

As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction.

Man is by nature a conservative animal and government is his instrument for preventing rapid change.

The status quo is a powerful force.

Inertia is the most powerful force in politics.

We have traditions, attitudes, an attachment to social welfare and even if change is desirable, we won’t accept change overnight.

The danger to the state lies not in the intrusion of new thought but in the effort to stubbornly maintain the old state thought.

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

Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.

Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change.

When you have a model that's worked very well, it's very hard to change.

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

Tradition" is very often an excuse word for people who don't want to change.

Rule, and change nothing.

France has chosen to ignore the great transformation of the 21st century and cultivate a [culture of] status quo and rigidity.

The defense of morals is the battle-cry which best rallies stupidity against change.

The great mass of people are incapable of realizing that in economic life nothing is permanent except change. They regard the existing state of affairs as eternal; as it has been so shall it always be.

Most governments and people want reform. It’s the prospect of change that makes reform rare.

Progress is never accepted by everybody.

Change is strong, but habit is strong too; and you cannot change the old for new, like a garment.