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->"''I will take an insincere display of charity over a genuine display of apathy any day of the week."''

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->"''I ->''"I will take an insincere display of charity over a genuine display of apathy any day of the week."''


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->''"You ask too much, and in doing so you condemn the world to fall to either the vision of [[spoiler:[[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks Kezess Indrath or Agrona Vritra]]]]. Your fear has paralyzed you, and so instead of taking a risk and failing, you would choose to fail without trying. That's the cost of choosing to be passive in a war where loss means the end of everything."''
-->--'''Arthur Leywin''' to '''Mordain Asclepius''', ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd''
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The Eighth did hide, hide far away\\

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The Eighth did hide, hide far all away\\
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But lone Orannis was put out of the light...

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But lone Orannis was put out of the light...''
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->''That's the Seven, but what of [[PhysicalGod the Nine]]--\\
What of the two who chose not to shine?\\
The Eighth did hide, hide far away\\
But the Seven caught him and made him pay.\\
[[SatanicArchetype The Ninth]] was strong and fought with might\\
But lone Orannis was put out of the light...
-->-- ''Literature/OldKingdom''
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->'''Detective''': These options seem awfully Fascist or Communist. What if I don't wanna say them?\\

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->'''Detective''': These options seem awfully Fascist [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Fascist]] or Communist.[[DirtyCommies Communist]]. What if I don't wanna say them?\\
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->'''Detective''': These options seem awfully Fascist or Communist. What if I don't wanna say them?\\
'''Rhetoric''': Say one of these fascist or communist things or fuck off.
-->--''Videogame/DiscoElysium''

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->Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.

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->Take ->''Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - -- but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.''



->'''Wolverine''': "[[VillainHasAPoint Magneto's right: there is a war coming.]] Are you sure you're on the right side?"\\
'''Storm''': "[[ArmorPiercingResponse At least I've CHOSEN a side.]]"

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->'''Wolverine''': "[[VillainHasAPoint [[VillainHasAPoint Magneto's right: there is a war coming.]] Are you sure you're on the right side?"\\
side?\\
'''Storm''': "[[ArmorPiercingResponse [[ArmorPiercingResponse At least I've CHOSEN a side.]]"]]


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->''"They say in Harlan County, the are no neutrals there.\\
You'll either be an union man or a thug for J.H. Claire."''
-->--"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJH1Uolu7io Which Side Are You On?]]", Appalachian coal miners' song written during the Harlan County War.
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->'''Baroness Elsa von Schraeder:''' Oh, Georg, he's just a boy.
->'''Capt. Georg von Trapp:''' Yes, and I'm just an Austrian.
->'''Max Detweiler:''' What's going to happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you.
->'''Georg:''' [[SuddenlyShouting Max, don't you]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting ever]]'' [[SuddenlyShouting say that again]]!
->'''Max:''' (''pause'') You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?
->'''Georg:''' (''bluntly'') Oh yes, you can help it. You must help it.
-->-- ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''
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->'''Wolverine''': "[[VillainHasAPoint Magneto's right: there is a war coming.]] Are you sure you're on the right side?"\\
'''Storm''': "[[ArmorPiercingResponse At least I've CHOSEN a side.]]"
-->--''Film/XMen1''
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->-- '''Dante''', ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''

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->-- -->-- '''Dante''', ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''
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->''"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."''
->-- '''Dante''', ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''
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->"Anyone placed at exactly the same distance between yourself and your enemy will always appear closer to your enemy."

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->"Anyone ->''"Anyone placed at exactly the same distance between yourself and your enemy will always appear closer to your enemy.""''



->"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, then you have ''chosen'' to side with the oppressor. If an elephant is standing on the tail of a mouse, that mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
-->-- Varyingly attributed to Nelson Mandela and to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, both champions against Apartheid in South Africa

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->"If ->''"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, then you have ''chosen'' to side with the oppressor. If an elephant is standing on the tail of a mouse, that mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
"''
-->-- Varyingly attributed to Nelson Mandela '''Nelson Mandela''' and to Archbishop '''Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Tutu''', both champions against Apartheid in South Africa



->"Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in periods of moral crisis maintain their neutrality."

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->"Dante ->''"Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in periods of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.""''



->"But keep telling yourself that because politics is dirty, so very dirty, that you, precious, by not voting or informing yourself or participating in any way, are clean. Yeah, that’s it. You’ve kept yourself pure, because you haven’t gotten your hands sullied by the gutter that is American politics. Well, you can keep telling yourself that. But, the truth is, if your hands aren’t dirty, it’s not because you’re pure. It’s because ''you’re not helping''."

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->"But ->''"But keep telling yourself that because politics is dirty, so very dirty, that you, precious, by not voting or informing yourself or participating in any way, are clean. Yeah, that’s it. You’ve kept yourself pure, because you haven’t gotten your hands sullied by the gutter that is American politics. Well, you can keep telling yourself that. But, the truth is, if your hands aren’t dirty, it’s not because you’re pure. It’s because ''you’re not helping''.""''



-->-- '''Literature/SpaceOpera'''

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-->-- '''Literature/SpaceOpera'''
''Literature/SpaceOpera''



->''Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.''

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->''Take ->Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.''
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->"Anyone placed at exactly the same distance between yourself and your enemy will always appear closer to your enemy."
-->--'''Nicolas Chamfort''' explains the basic line of thinking behind this trope

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