Neutrality

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality According to Bartleby, this was attributed by John F. Kennedy to Dante. However, in the Divine Comedy those who "non furon ribelli né fur fedeli" — neither rebelled against nor were faithful to God — are located directly inside the gate of Hell, a region neither hot nor cold (Inferno, canto 3); the lowest part of Hell, a frigid lake of ice, was for traitors. [ After Wikiquotes List_of_misquotations ]

“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 as quoted in "Ending Poverty As We Know It : Guaranteeing a Right to a Job at a Living Wage" (2003) by William P. Quigley, p. 8