Action Quote by Augustus Hare

Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need…

— Dean Koontz

The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice.

— William Rehnquist

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.

— Clara Zetkin

Duty reaches down the ages in its effects, and into eternity; and when the man goes about it resolutely, it seems to me now…

— William Mountford

We have, all of us, our duties. Every action of our lives, and every word that we utter, will either conduce to or detract…

— William Godwin

It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.

— Joseph Conrad

There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative…

— Oriana Fallaci

In my life as a soldier and citizen, I have seen time and time again that inaction has dire consequences.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced

— Malala Yousafzai

I do believe that actions often speak louder than words.

— Annette Gordon-Reed

However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld