David Crossman Quote

When you give in to bullies, you don't just empower them, you encourage whatever methods they employ to achieve their ends; usually terror and violence. Meaning it's the innocent who pay; mourners at a funeral in Baghdad, a group of Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya, a group of defenseless school children in Pakistan. When we turn a blind eye to atrocities, we are complicit in them.

David Crossman

When you give in to bullies, you don't just empower them, you encourage whatever methods they employ to achieve their ends; usually terror and violence. Meaning it's the innocent who pay; mourners at a funeral in Baghdad, a group of Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya, a group of defenseless school children in Pakistan. When we turn a blind eye to atrocities, we are complicit in them.

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About David Crossman

David Christopher Crossman (born 20 July 1957) is a physician who has been the Dean of the University of St Andrews School of Medicine since 2014 and was the Chief Scientist (Health) within the Health and Social Care Directorates of the Scottish Government from 2017 to 2022.