He who has observed an atrocity without intervening is either afraid to admit their involvement or they enjoy the decision they made in causing it.
Not standing up to tyranny is sitting down to accept agony.
When one has finished what they set out to do they have earned the right to start planning to do it all over again somewhere else.
When you think something is very interesting, twist your own arm to get more involved.
Inquiry is the same as uncertainty when the answer comes back to a question.
If you are a friend to my enemy I will put you in a precarious position to fail but make you comfortable enough to think you are my friend as well.
Statue of Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino – Michelangelo