"Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the……" — Laurence Overmire

Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves… - Laurence Overmire

"Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny."

— Laurence Overmire

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31 Quotes by Laurence Overmire

Laurence Overmire has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You can't really appreciate a work of art until you can understand how difficult it was to create. And that's…
Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.
War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than…
God made in the image of Man is an imperfect master.
There is no nobler profession, nor no greater calling, than to be among those unheralded many who gave and give…
History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.
There is no such thing as an insignificant life, only the insignificance of mind that refuses to grasp the implications.
Welcome to the figurative world of poetry where nothing is 'real,' but everything matters.
I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow,
Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language,
Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life.
There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to…

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More Apathy Quotes

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Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty… — Charles Baudelaire
In communications, familiarity breeds apathy. — William Bernbach
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. — Ruben Blades
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care. — Jimmy Buffett
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving… — Leo Buscaglia
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. — Thomas Carlyle
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel… — Noam Chomsky
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. — Winston Churchill
It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum… — Hillary Clinton
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people. — Louis D. Brandeis
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries. Besides the fanatical frenzy which is as dangerous in… — Winston Churchill

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