The Silence Of The U*Us. . .

Oppression can only survive through silence.

Carmen de Monteflores


To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)


In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.


A leader must be constantly aware of the power of his words. . .
and his silences.

Simon MacDonald


Too often the strong silent man is silent
because he does not know what to say,
and is reputed strong only because
he has remained silent.

Winston Churchill


Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)


cold silence has a tendency
to atrophy any sense of compassion,
between supposed lovers,
between supposed brothers.
And I know the pieces fit.

Maynard James Keenan, in the song "Schism", by Tool


Loss of empathy might well be
the most enduring and deep-cutting scar of all,
the silent blade of an unseen enemy,
tearing at our hearts and stealing more than our strength.

R. A. Salvatore, Drizzt Do'Urden in "The Silent Blade"


The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)


The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)


You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

John Viscount Morley


Whatever is silenced will clamour to be heard, though silently.

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale


The attempt to silence a man
is the greatest honor you can bestow on him.
It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.

Joseph Sobran