inaction quotes

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.

-Haile Selassie originally Prince RasTafari Makonnen
   Address to a special session of the UN General  Assembly, 4 Oct, making him the first head of state to address both that organization and the League of Nations.