History Quotes / AccompliceByInaction

->'''Dracula:''' That woman was the only reason on Earth for me to tolerate human life!
->'''Alucard:''' Then find the one who did the deed! If you loose an army of the night on Wallachia, you cannot undo it, and many thousands of people just as innocent as [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes her]] will suffer and die.
->'''Dracula:''' ''There '''are''' no innocents! Not anymore!'' Any one of them could have stood up and said, "No, we won't behave like animals anymore."
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017''

->'''Belle:''' But he has cursed you somehow. Why? You did nothing.
->'''Missus Potts:''' You're quite right there, dear. You see, when the master lost his mother, and his cruel father took that sweet innocent lad and twisted him up to be just like him...we did nothing.

->''"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."''
-->-- '''Desmond Tutu'''

->''"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who stand by and do nothing."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein'''

->''"First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action'; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a 'more convenient season.'"''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr''', from [[https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html Letter from a Birmingham Jail]]

->How many times did you look away that someone cried for help? Acting like you didn't know? We won't accept excuses without sincere actions.

-->-- '''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings''' on ''Film/Shazam2019''

->''When I was a child, a group of boys were caught stealing from the local shop. My father was furious when he found out. I protested to him "But I didn't take anything". "Maybe not" he said, "[[BystanderSyndrome but... you were there.]]" My name is Peter Müller, Commander of Tiger tank number 237. And I was there.''
-->-- '''The Last Tiger''', ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV''

->'''Player:''' [[spoiler:Graham]] wasn't the one who killed all those people. He just allowed it to happen.\\
'''Felix:''' I'm sure [[spoiler:Graham]] told himself the same thing. He wasn't the one who held the gun and pulled the trigger. All he did was turn a key. The thing is... that's all it takes. Sometimes the difference between right and wrong is turning a key, or looking the other way, or keeping your mouth shut when you oughtta speak up.
-->-- ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds''

->'''Batman:''' A lot of innocent people almost died tonight because of you.\\
'''Anarky:''' "Innocent"?! They watched as Gotham went to hell and didn't do a thing!\\
'''Batman:''' They're just afraid...\\
'''Anarky:''' No! They're ''weak!'' And so are you.
-->-- ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''

->''"You have no idea what it's like to be a coward. To see these horrors, and do nothing."''
-->-- '''Aamin Marritza''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Duet"

->''"Jeddah preyed upon his own child, making her suffer, and die. The entire town turned a blind eye to Jeddah's crimes, and I watched. The people's vicious disregard for Carol's safety was no less a crime than her father's!"''
-->-- '''Mother''', ''VideoGame/{{Sanitarium}}''


->'''[[{{God}} SCP-343]]:''' "My child, it is time to forgive the Foundation for their transgressions--"\\
'''SCP-231-7:''' Don't talk to me about the Foundation. I'm not angry with the Foundation, I'm angry with ''you''. ''They'' [[ObliviouslyEvil didn't know what they were doing]]. Thought they were saving the world. But you... You could have told the Foundation [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse what I was]]. You could have just taken me away from them. You could have done ''something''. Even just a word to O5-14... But you did ''nothing''. Do you -- of course you do. You know exactly [[FateWorseThanDeath what they did to me]]. You know every last detail. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis And. You. Did. Nothing.]]
-->-- ''Website/SCPFoundation'', ''[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-white-horse The White Horse]]'' (Competitive Eschatology canon)

-->-- '''Marritza''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

'''SCP-231-7:''' Don't talk to me about the Foundation. I'm not angry with the Foundation, I'm angry with ''you''. ''They'' [[ObliviouslyEvil didn't know what they were doing]]. Thought they were saving the world. But you… You could have told the Foundation [[HorsemanOfTheApocalypse what I was]]. You could have just taken me away from them. You could have done ''something''. Even just a word to O5-14… But you did ''nothing''. Do you — of course you do. You know exactly [[FateWorseThanDeath what they did to me]]. You know every last detail. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis And. You. Did. Nothing.]]

->'''Dracula:''' '''There ''are'' no innocents! Not anymore!''' Any one of them could have stood up and said, "No, we won't behave like animals anymore." I am Vlad Dracula Ţepeş, and '''I have had ''enough!'''''

->''When I was a child, a group of boys were caught stealing from the local shop. My father was furious when he found out. I protested to him "But I didn't take anything". Maybe not he said, [[BystanderSyndrome but... you were there.]] My name is Peter Müller, Commander of Tiger tank number 237. And I was there.''

->'''Dracula:''' '''There ''are'' no innocents! Not anymore!''' Any one of them could have stood up and said, "No, we won't behave like animals anymore."

->''"First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."''

-->-- ''Videogame/TheOuterWorlds''