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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