Oppositeness Quotes

“One day, we were sitting in what we called the education room, watching the news on TV. When it went to a commercial break, the channel needed to be changed. We noticed that the person responsible for the remote was nowhere to be found, although the remote was lying there in plain sight. No one dared to pick it up. Everyone was suggesting it to others, but no one had the courage to actually take the remote and change the channel, because there was an organizational rule: Only the person in charge of the remote, who was also the TV manager, could handle it. Without his permission, no one could turn on the TV and watch it. That scene had a profound impact on me. I went and wrote in my journal: "How can those who lack the courage to change a TV channel change an entire system?”
― Aytekin Yılmaz, Yoldaşını Öldürmek