Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing.

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English philosopher and economist
“On Education,” Address on installation as rector, University of St Andrews, Scotland (1 Feb 1867)

See Burke and King.

 
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