Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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