A Quote by Desmond Tutu

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo.

Desmond Tutu

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Chosen Injustice Neutral Quo Sides Situation Status Status Quo Support

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Desmond Tutu
South African - Leader
October 7, 1931 - December 26, 2021

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

Max Eastman

True conservatives fear anything that is at odds with the status quo, even to the extent of being unable to recognise when the status quo represents injustice. And reactionary conservatives actually want to tear down the gains of the past.

Anthony Albanese

As a black woman, I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful; the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change.

N. K. Jemisin

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

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Desmond Tutu

To be impartial... is indeed to have taken sides already... with the status quo.

Desmond Tutu

When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good

Tony Benn

Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new.

Orrin Woodward

Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.

Seth Godin

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

Roxane Gay

Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because they are fundamentally tied to the status quo. They are the status quo.