Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without sowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The government will need to eliminate the Zapatistas to demonstrate effective control of the national territory and of security policy.