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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.Burke, Edmund
Source: Attributed to EDMUND BURKE, but never found in his works. It may be a paraphrase of Burkes view that When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle .Bartletts Familiar Quotations, 15th ed., p. ix .See also No. 565. · This quote is about evil · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.
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