The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men

Evil thrives on apathy and cannot survive without it.

The world won't be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

The plight of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil man

The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.