Fatalism Quotes

They have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality. ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as defense minister, or Mahatma Gandhi as minister of health, education, and welfare? The Hindu and Buddhist idea of karma and the Muslim idea of kismet, or fate condemn the poor and the disabled to their suffering. ... It's the will of Allah. These beliefs are nothing but abject fatalism, and they would devastate the social gains this nation has made if they were ever put into practice. - Pat Robertson

Quite clearly, what you have here is a politics of fatalism, a community that sees itself as not being listened to. - Peter Shirlow

Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. - Karl Liebknecht

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence. - Honore De Balzac

I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of optimism, fatalism, and conservatism. - Herbert Croly

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable. - Natalie Clifford Barney

Chicago people are kind of fatalistic, but they continue to hope that somehow, some way the Cubs will shock even them and win it just one time. Their fatalism allows them to enjoy the team's success, knowing that one horrible thing will happen down the line to rip the rug out from underneath them. - Harry Caray