Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1173
AUTHOR:
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia
QUOTATION:
Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
ATTRIBUTION:
Opening a special session of the General Assembly in Addis Ababa, thus becoming the first ruler to address both the League of Nations and the UN, 4 Oct 63
