"Indifference is harder to fight than hostility, and there is nothing that kills an agitation like having everybody admit that it is fundamentally right"
- Crystal Eastman
About this Quote
This quote by Crystal Eastman speaks to the power of indifference in suppressing social progression. Eastman suggests that indifference is an extra powerful force than hostility in preventing social adjustment. She suggests that when people are detached to a concern, they are much less most likely to take action or perhaps acknowledge the problem. This absence of interaction can be a lot more harmful than straight-out hostility, as it avoids any significant discussion or progress from occurring. Eastman additionally recommends that when everyone agrees that a problem is fundamentally right, it can kill the energy of a frustration. This is since when every person agrees, there is no requirement to act or promote adjustment. By doing this, Eastman highlights the relevance of dissent as well as difference in driving social development.
This quote is written / told by Crystal Eastman between June 25, 1881 and July 8, 1928. She was a famous Lawyer from USA.
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"In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable"