As long as the world shall last, there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Wrongs will last forever unless people object and rebel against them.
- In plain terms
- If nobody fights back, bad things will never end.
- What can you take from it?
- Complacency allows injustice to continue indefinitely.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is rebellion necessary?
- How do we avoid complacency?
Another view
Some problems can be solved quietly without rebellion.
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