Amity Quote by George Washington

The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even…

— Alexander Hamilton

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

— Desmond Tutu

The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and…

— George Washington

The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name… We must be impartial in thought as well as in actiona…

— Woodrow Wilson

This nation has given the world an object lesson in the whole duty of neutrals, which is to furnish an outlet for the wrath…

— Elmer Davis

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo.

— Desmond Tutu

In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.

— Zachary Taylor

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm…

— John Stuart Mill

Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we…

— Woodrow Wilson