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"It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good."

"It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

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"To do no evil is good, to intend none better."

"To do no evil is good, to intend none better."

Claudius, Roman Leader

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"The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible."

"The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Evil, Resolution

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"The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks."

"The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks."

Emo Philips, American Comedian

Evil, Incompetence, Office, Post

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"How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!"

"How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!"

Elizabeth Gaskell, British Novelist

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"We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet."

"We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet."

Pat Roberts, American Politician

Evil, Feet, Fight, Will

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"Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them."

"Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Evil, Fascism, Victims

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"The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil."

"The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

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"Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man."

"Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"Evil changes everybody!"

"Evil changes everybody!"

Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor

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"Rincewind stared, and knew that there were far worse things than Evil. All the demons in Hell would torture your very soul, but that was precisely because they valued souls very highly; evil would always try to steal the universe, but at least it considered the universe worth stealing. But the gray world behind those empty eyes would trample and destroy without even according its victims the dignity of hatred. It wouldn't even notice them."

"Rincewind stared, and knew that there were far worse things than Evil. All the demons in Hell would torture your very soul, but that was precisely because they valued souls very highly; evil would always try to steal the universe, but at least it considered the universe worth stealing. But the gray world behind those empty eyes would trample and destroy without even according its victims the dignity of hatred. It wouldn't even notice them."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Evil, Truth, Power, Happiness, Today

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"A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself."

"A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

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"The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing."

"The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

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"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

Jerry Garcia, American Musician

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"He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it."

"He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it."

Rosario Dawson, American Actress

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"Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down."

"Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down."

Frank Luntz, American Politician

Evil, Fire, Language, Study

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"That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness."

"That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

Evil, Goodness, Man

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"A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible."

"A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Evil, Resolution

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"This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good."

"This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good."

Howard Dean, American Politician

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"There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil is only the necessity of a moment in our eternal evolution."

"There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil is only the necessity of a moment in our eternal evolution."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Evil, Evolution, Necessity, Nothing

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"I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil."

"I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil."

Robert Kennedy, American Politician

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"Evil be to him who evil thinks."

"Evil be to him who evil thinks."

Edward II, English Royalty

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"We can overcome evil with greater good."

"We can overcome evil with greater good."

Laura Bush, American First Lady

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"I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong."

"I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong."

Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist

Evil, Will, Wrong

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"The evil that we know is best."

"The evil that we know is best."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

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"Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value."

"Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value."

Konrad Lorenz, Austrian Scientist

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"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"

"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

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"He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king."

"He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house."

"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house."

George Carlin, American Comedian

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"It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of."

"It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

Evil, Gain, Loss, Proof

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"Our bodies must always be wherever that struggle and the moment we forget that, the moment we become lazy, the moment we sit back, then then the evil ones do their ordained tasks to us."

"Our bodies must always be wherever that struggle and the moment we forget that, the moment we become lazy, the moment we sit back, then then the evil ones do their ordained tasks to us."

William Kunstler, American Activist

Evil, Forget, Struggle

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"The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive."

"The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"Keep what you have; the known evil is best."

"Keep what you have; the known evil is best."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

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"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."

"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Evil, Unemployment, Welfare

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"We are all born marked for evil."

"We are all born marked for evil."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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"Evil is only good perverted."

"Evil is only good perverted."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

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"The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others."

"The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Evil, Influence

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"Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity."

"Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity."

Louise Bogan, American Poet

Evil, Stupidity

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"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still."

"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it."

"The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"Evil is whatever distracts."

"Evil is whatever distracts."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

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"Active Evil is better than Passive Good."

"Active Evil is better than Passive Good."

William Blake, English Poet

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"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

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"Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil."

"Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil."

Benjamin Whichcote, British Philosopher

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"This is the very womb and bed of enormity."

"This is the very womb and bed of enormity."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

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"I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."

"I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."

Marie Curie, Polish Scientist

Evil, Humanity, Will

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"Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one."

"Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

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"Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive."

"Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive."

Giraldus Cambrensis, Welsh Clergyman

Evil, Mind, Vices

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"Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything."

"Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything."

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

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"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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