Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
The only thing necessary for the continuance of evil is for a good man to do nothing.
All That Is Needed For Evil To Succeeded, Is For Good People To Do Nothing
It only needs a good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.
The only thing for evil to triumph in the world is for good men not to act.
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Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.
Some evil men would be less dangerous if there were no good in them at all.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Irish orator, philosopher, & politician
Men, I think, are not capable of doing nothing, of saying nothing, of not reacting to injustice, of not protesting against oppression, of not striving for the good of society and the good life in the ways they see it.
...Evil always rushes in to fill the void created by the absence of good. The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing, and unfortunately, that is what too many good people choose to do...
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
The hottest places in Hell are reserved for good people who — in times of moral crisis — choose to do nothing.
The danger was not that I would do wrong, but that I would do nothing
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The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.