Re: Who said "All this is necessary for evil to triumph..."?
Re: Who said "All this is necessary for evil to triumph..."?
- Subject: Re: Who said "All this is necessary for evil to triumph..."?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 07:41:18 EDT
In a message dated 9/12/01 10:03:39 PM,
email@hidden writes:
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a.w. Thanks to all for their expressions of sympathy
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towards those affected by the death & destruction
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of yesterday. Who said "All that is necessary for evil to triumph
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is for good people to do nothing."?
This quote is attributed to Edmund Burke, the Irish philosopher and
statesman, though it's not actually found word-for-word in his writings
anywhere. He lived 1729 -- 1797.
Kevin O'Connor