Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.

When men hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions.

Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.

Undoubtedly, to salve your conscience, you have now and then helped some miserable human being, but millions of human beings were murdered and nary a protest was heard.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

Silence is complicity. All Republicans who stand mute in the face of Trump's latest racism are telling you who they really are.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl.

Too long have we been silent under unjust and unholy charges; we cannot expect to have them removed until we disprove them through ourselves.

To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.

They claim that I'm violent just cuz I refuse to be silent.

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.

The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they do not suffer because you have not seen their hearts bleed.

Complicity with error will take from the best of men the power to enter any successful protest against it.

Silence is consent. And silence where life and liberty is at stake, where by a timely protest we could stay the destoyer's hand, and do not do so, is as criminal as giving actual aid to the oppressor, for it answers his purpose.

The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer.

Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the more they lose respect for an existing government. They will seek another direction. If there are too many people who seek a new direction, then the existing government calls upon the army and police to manage society – that is called fascism.

It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.

If people were silent, nothing would change.