There is much to be said for apathy in education.

-Forster, E(dward) M(organ)
^14  Maurice (published1971), ch.1.

War is a condition of progress; the whip-cut that prevents a country from going to sleep and forces satisfied mediocrity to shake off its apathy.

-Renan, (Joseph) Ernest
La Re¤  forme intellectuelle et morale.

He isgoing round the country stirring up apathy.

-Whitelaw,William Stephen Ian, 1st Viscount
  Of HaroldWilson during the general election campaign. Attributed.