apathy quotes

There is much to be said for apathy in education.

- E(dward) M(organ) Forster
^14  Maurice (published1971), ch.1.

War is a condition of progress; the whip-cut that prevents a country from going to sleep and forces satisfied mediocrity to shake off its apathy.

- (Joseph) Ernest Renan
La Re  forme intellectuelle et morale.

He isgoing round the country stirring up apathy.

-William Stephen Ian, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
  Of HaroldWilson during the general election campaign. Attributed.