Source: Game Theory and Canadian Politics (1998), Chapter 8, Staying Power of the Status Quo, p. 138
“It's easy to support the status quo if one is not another of its victims.”
David Pearce (philosopher) (1959) British transhumanist
Reply to Meet the people who want to turn predators into herbivores https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/meet-the-people-who-want-to-turn-predators-into-vegans.html#comment-2393432394, TreeHugger, 4 Dec. 2015
“Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo — and today there can be no status quo.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Address Accepting the Democratic Party Nomination for the Presidency of the United States — Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (15 July 1960) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx<!-- Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project --> <br class="br">1960 <br class="br">Context: Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo — and today there can be no status quo.
“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.”
Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990) Canadian eductor
Source: Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 83
Dan Balz (1946) American journalist
Donald Trump, America’s first independent president (November 19, 2016)
“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
Warren Bennis (1925–2014) American leadership expert
Bennis (1989, p. 45), cited in: Terrence Mech, Gerard B. McCabe (1998) Leadership and Academic Librarians. p. 56
1980s
“Every ruler wants to maintain the status quo.”
Tim Powers book The Stress of Her Regard
Interlude “Summer, 1818” (p. 170)
The Stress of Her Regard (1989)
“Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise.”
Jay Samit (1961) American businessman
Source: Disrupt You! (2015), p.132
“Science is not about status quo. It’s about revolution.”
Leon M. Lederman (1922–2018) American mathematician and physicist
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? (1993), p. 193
Steve Blank (1953) American businessman
Forbes "Lean And Meaningful: What Founders Still Need To Fix In The 21st Century" https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilyinverso/2016/02/10/lean-and-meaningful-what-founders-still-need-to-fix-in-the-21st-century/#1a89897a2389. February 29, 2016 issue.
