"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"I decline the election. It has ever been my rule through life, to observe a proportion between my efforts and my objects. I have never been remarkable for a bold, active, and sanguine pursuit of advantages that are personal to myself."
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Source: Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.2600, Delphi Classics
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