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Evil Quotes
"Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives."
48
"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it."
35
"Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil."
27
"We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'"
25
"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."
24
"All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil."
23
"To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad."
23
"In restoring man from evil sovereignty, we must cheat."
21
"He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil."
19
"It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts."
18
"I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil."
Evil,
16
"We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place."
16
"Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor."
12
"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."
11
"In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman."
11
"Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil."
11
"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table."
9
"Nobody thinks that they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing."
9
"Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it."
9
"Evil societies always kill their consciences."
8
"The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason."
7
"Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will."
7
"No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration."
7
"What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it."
7
"You can make yourself feel better about yourself if you project your shadow side, if you project your own potential for evil onto someone else. By annihilating them and, therefore, your shadow, you bring yourself into some state of purity or reformation."
7
"Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate."
7
"It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling."
6
"Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended."
6
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
6
"What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil."
6
"There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless."
6
"The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good."
Evil,
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