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Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.
American politician
On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.
English poet and playwright (1685-1732)
To be free from evil thoughts is God’s best gift.
ancient Athenian playwright
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817-1862)
We don’t defeat evil by becoming evil.
It’s okay for Christians throughout centuries to exterminate races and for their priests to rape little kids throughout decades, but trying to give the people the power to think and be individual, that’s evil?
American rock musician
Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it’s up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down.
American political consultant, author, and pollster
Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
British philosopher and political economis (1806-1873)
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50-c. 138)