People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

- Max Eastman

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

- Warren Bennis

The status quo sucks.

- George Carlin

Status quo, you know, that is Latin for "'the mess we're in."

- Ronald Reagan

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.

- Clark Kerr

We are different from previous generations of conservatives. We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country.

- Paul Weyrich