"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered."
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Source: Speech 'On Conciliation with America' 22 March 1775
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