It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.
Edmund Burke
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EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, FIRST BARON LYTTON The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
ROBERT BROWNING The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, FIRST BARON LYTTON The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
EDMUND BURKE All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE Truly has it been said; that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do not...
SOURCE UNKNOWN All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.
CARLTON SMITH All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing...
EDMUND BURKE For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.
SIMON WIESENTHAL No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks
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I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has...
DEYTH BANGER To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.
CLAUDIUS If we have need of a strong will in order to do good, it is still more necessary for us in order not...
MOLE No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY it is impossible for a man to achieve good through evil means.
SAINT NIKODIMOS The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open and the bird can fly openly. This is t...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Before we set out to do good, it is necessary to consider if it will result in evil. It is equally n...
OSHO You cannot control what other people do, only how you react to it.
JEFFREY FRY He that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good whic...
WALTER SCOTT No man chooses evil because it is evil; he just mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Man is meant for good but designed for evil.
RAHEEL FAROOQ Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
SITTING BULL But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.
JON KRAKAUER All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of eve...
SIR WALTER RALEIGH TAKE A STAND RIGHT NOW! BECAUSE tomorrow IS THE ONLY DAY OF THE WEEK THAT NEVER COMES!!
PHILIP T. M. Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live.
JOYCE RACHELLE Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?
ANTHONY BURGESS If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do:
You must learn how to make a perfect ch...
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MARGARET MEAD Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary ...
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
MARCUS AURELIUS If you read a book which does not make you wonder, ponder!
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people.
CRAIG GROESCHEL If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar...
APURVA GAGLANI The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.
D.M. TIMNEY Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
LEO TOLSTOY Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedne...
BOB RILEY He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our help...
EDMUND BURKE Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil...
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it doe...
MAHATMA GANDHI Ingratitude is a crime more despicable than revenge, which is only returning evil for evil, while in...
WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN It'a okay to take some break from the crucible steep of stairs that you want to try to achieve, as l...
LAURE96 Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
WEILER Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
A. H. WEILER You think that your laws correct evil - they only increase it. There is but one way to end evil - by...
LEO TOLSTOY You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR It is hard for the good to suspect evil as it is hard for the bad to suspect good.
CICERO The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Today, spend a little time cultivating relationships offline. Never forget that everybody isn't on s...
GERMANY KENT To see evil and do nothing is evil.
JIM GENOVESE Zoroastrianism is about the opposition of good and evil. For the triumph of good, we have to make a ...
ROHINTON MISTRY If it were desired to reduce man to nothing, it would be necessary only to give his work a character...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Life's irony;What a miserable world we live in,for the good men who know how to govern well do nothi...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are...
TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are...
T.S. ELIOT Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and ...
STEVEN WEINBERG Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil...
LINCOLN STEFFENS Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY I don't define lust as anything evil or nasty. Lust as defined by me, is the feeling of desire: a de...
C. JOYBELL C. The best love that you can give is to love yourself, in spite of your mistakes, in spite of your fai...
SHARLENE PRINCE, SHAROCK P. Every temptation is an opportunity to triumph over evil.
MARC WILLIAMS It's not that Good doesn't triumph over Evil, it's that the point spread is too small.
BOB THAVES Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l...
SUSANE COLASANTI Brother raises a hand against brother and son against father (how terrible!) and the father also aga...
SAUL BELLOW Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.
GINA GREENLEE It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.
ST. JEROME It is much easier for good to deal with evil than it is for good to deal with stupidity.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN It is as necessary for man to live in beauty rather than ugliness as it is necessary for him to have...
ABRAHAM MASLOW Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil ...
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN He said after a little while, 'I see why you say that only men do evil, I think. Even sharks are inn...
URSULA K. LE GUIN As long as mortals choose to do evil, then evil will triumph. And Lucifer will laugh when people bla...
KERRELYN SPARKS If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary on...
ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary onl...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very mu...
LAURA SCHLESSINGER To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals
WILLIAM PENN Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and...
ISOBELLE CARMODY War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a go...
JIMMY CARTER The most perplexing form of evil, and especially so for all idealists, is that kind of evil which co...
WILLIAM IRWIN THOMPSON In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago...
JESS ROW For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly...
D. H. LAWRENCE For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly...
D.H. LAWRENCE Evil will win if good people do nothing.
P.C. CAST It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.
DONALD MILLER Let your vision be ahead of your sight! Dream beyond what you see and never let your environment det...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Nothing seems impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
UNKNOWN War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a go...
JIMMY CARTER Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
MENANDER No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ult...
JOHN CONNOLLY Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
SARA SHEPARD do not just take a risk ; take the risk. When you are taking the risk, ponder!
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
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EDMUND BURKE It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to...
EDMUND BURKE The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
EDMUND BURKE Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
EDMUND BURKE Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
EDMUND BURKE The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
EDMUND BURKE In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upo...
EDMUND BURKE All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
EDMUND BURKE To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
EDMUND BURKE Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
EDMUND BURKE The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
EDMUND BURKE But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and ...
EDMUND BURKE The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please; we ought to see what it w...
EDMUND BURKE He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoder...
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