--- title: "11 Ignorance Indifference Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Ignorance Indifference quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Ignorance Indifference sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/helen-keller-429_dangerous_there-is-a-dangerous-optimism-of-ignoran_2234717.png" --- > [There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/there-is-a-dangerous-optimism-of-ignorance-and-indifference/) [Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/helen-keller-429_dangerous_there-is-a-dangerous-optimism-of-ignoran_2234717.png) > [“...that's the true enemy of the future. Ignorance. Indifference. Failure to adapt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-littlefield/that-s-the-true-enemy-of-the-future-ignorance-indifference-failure-to/) [Sophie Littlefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-littlefield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/sophie-littlefield-37661_failure_that-s-the-true-enemy-of-the-future-igno_1263809.jpg) > [“Sadly, cowardice, ignorance, indifference, greed and fear, rule over the world”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/den-sjo/sadly-cowardice-ignorance-indifference-greed-and-fear-rule-over-the/) [Den Sjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/den-sjo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/den-sjo-38854_fear_sadly-cowardice-ignorance-indifference-g_3155317.jpg) > [“The sins of the Fathers that are visited upon the Sons is not ignorance, but indifference to the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tonny-k-brown/the-sins-of-the-fathers-that-are-visited-upon-the-sons-is-not/) [Tonny K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tonny-k-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/tonny-k-brown-14110_facts-of-life_the-sins-of-the-fathers-that-are-visited_3035474.jpg) > [“The power of a corrupt government is located in the ignorance and indifference of its people - rjs”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rassool-jibraeel-snyman/the-power-of-a-corrupt-government-is-located-in-the-ignorance-and/) [rassool jibraeel snyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rassool-jibraeel-snyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/rassool-jibraeel-snyman-10076_corrupt-government_the-power-of-a-corrupt-government-is-loc_1917550.jpg) > [“It’s a system we have allowed, through ignorance and indifference, to destroy the innocent without a moments concern for fairness or truth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-vetro/it-s-a-system-we-have-allowed-through-ignorance-and-indifference-to/) [Frank Vetro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-vetro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/frank-vetro-61059_ignorance_it-s-a-system-we-have-allowed-through-ig_3091256.jpg) > [It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/it-is-a-mistake-always-to-contemplate-the-good-and-ignore-the-evil/) [Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/helen-keller-429_business_it-is-a-mistake-always-to-contemplate-th_1532973.png) > [There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations…What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-o-connell/there-is-an-utter-ignorance-of-and-indifference-to-our-sufferings-and/) [Daniel O'Connell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-o-connell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/daniel-o-connell-31958_antipathy_there-is-an-utter-ignorance-of-and-indif_1560318.png) > [We can't plead ignorance, only indifference. Those alive today are the generations that came to know better. We have the burden and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/we-can-t-plead-ignorance-only-indifference-those-alive-today-are-the/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/jonathan-safran-foer-136_alive_we-can-t-plead-ignorance-only-indifferen_3126903.jpg) > [“Watchman, what of the night? So many victims in so many places need help. We need, above all, to be shaken out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/watchman-what-of-the-night-so-many-victims-in-so-many-places-need/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/elie-wiesel-341_art_watchman-what-of-the-night-so-many-victi_2905200.png) > [“Much of our food system depends on our not knowing much about it, beyond the price disclosed by the checkout scanner; cheapness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/much-of-our-food-system-depends-on-our-not-knowing-much-about-it/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/michael-pollan-408_american_much-of-our-food-system-depends-on-our-n_704266.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ignorance-indifference/#itemlist", "name": "Ignorance Indifference Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Helen Keller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/there-is-a-dangerous-optimism-of-ignorance-and-indifference/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/helen-keller-429_dangerous_there-is-a-dangerous-optimism-of-ignoran_2234717.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/helen-keller-429_dangerous_there-is-a-dangerous-optimism-of-ignoran_2234717.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/helen-keller-429_dangerous_there-is-a-dangerous-optimism-of-ignoran_2234717.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.” — Helen Keller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...that's the true enemy of the future. 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Those alive today are the generations that came to know better. We have the burden and the opportunity of living in the moment when the critique of factory farming broke into the popular consciousness. 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