The art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. ... In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of ... One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to the good.
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ... The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. ... They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke) Numerous searches by numerous people have failed to find this exact quotation in any of Burke's writings,and it is now thought to be a 20t...
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Many very good and decent people have died in Iraq. People who believed in the ... But I do agree with the right on this - 'Evil prevails where good men fail to act' - I remember reading about the Rwanda genocide and it made my blood boil to read that the UN did F.All to stop it.... This should have taught us a lesson.
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After all, some of the good men may be ill in bed. Or it may mean that certain well-placed good men do nothing. But that would be a mere tautology, another way of saying that the evil will succeed unless certain good men in a position to prevent it from succeeding act to prevent it.
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First and foremost, we as a People have become fearful of not fearing. ... nothing more, nothing less. We are talking of course, of huge sums of money. The money can be clean, covert or laundered; it does not matter. With money tendered will come the privileges of ... When good men and women do just a little thing, Evil fails!
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What is Petra doing now? ... When good people do nothing, evil prevails ... More than 1 month ago · Comment »...
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke; More quotations on: [ Goodness ] [ Evil ] ... Famous Quotes by Popular People...
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Axis of Evil; by Andrew James ... A good definition, often-quoted, is that “evil prevails when good people do nothing.” ... Gordon Campbell - The Complicatist: When Good Hymns Are Sung By Bad People...
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Evil prevails when good people do nothing ... "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." --- Dr. King; What can we all do?
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