“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”\u00a0 is attributed to Edmund Burke, an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician and statesman (1729-1797).\u00a0 Searches have failed to find this exact quotation in Burke’s writings, but these Burke quotes seem appropriate.<\/p>\n
“But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.”<\/p>\n
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”<\/p>\n
The point is:<\/p>\n
Not doing the right thing is not OK.\u00a0 Making the wrong choices is not OK.\u00a0 Ignoring injustice is wrong.\u00a0 It is evil.\u00a0 So make sure that the benefit of deception is worth the cost.\u00a0 To the system. Edmund Burke – Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”\u00a0 is attributed to Edmund Burke, an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician and statesman (1729-1797).\u00a0 Searches have failed to find this exact quotation in Burke’s writings, but these Burke quotes seem appropriate. “But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? …
\nEdmund Burke – Wikiquote<\/a><\/p>\n
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