Evil
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
—Hannah Arendt
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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process one does not become a monster.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
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The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
—William Shakespeare
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong merely because the majority share in it.
—Leo Tolstoy
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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
—Marcus Aurelius
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The opposite of love is not hate.
It is indifference.
—Elie Wiesel
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Pickering:
Have you no morals, man?
Doolittle:
Can’t afford 'em, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.
—George Bernard Shaw
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For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
—1 Timothy 6:10
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The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.
―Max Born
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If the majority knew of the root of this evil, then the road to its cure would not be long.
—Albert Einstein
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.
—Charles Baudelaire
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Lord above,
I command—
I’ve been evil.
Evil.
Evil.
—White Stripes
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Trust in your goodness.
—Chögyam Trungpa
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Note: Discretion and self-care advised in exploring some of the following.
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Poem: The Good in the Evil World
Poem: The Good God and the Evil God
Poem: My Daughter Charity Thinketh No Evil
Poem: [To see this evil from its core]
Poem: Bitch Is a Word I Hear A Lot
Poem: Mosaic of the Nativity: Serbia, Winter, 1993
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland
The Nazis and the acceleration of caste
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
anti-Asian American & Pacific Islander
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
The Key to My Neighbor’s House
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Cat Too Evil To Pet, Too Soft Not To
Happy Person Must Either Be Stupid Or Evil
Congress Approves $540 Million For Evil
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat
'No Values Voters' Looking To Support Most Evil Candidate
Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable Ancient Evils