Evil Quotes

Only religion can lead to such evil.

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

The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.

It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would have conjured up such a cowardly and depraved assault upon thousands of innocent people.

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive.

The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.

Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to each other.

Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. The message isn't new, but we haven't learned to live it yet.

But those with an evil heart seem to have a talent for destroying anything beautiful which is about to bloom.

People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.

There is no more evil thing in this world than race prejudice, none at all. [...] It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty, and abomination than any other sort of error in the world.

There are demons and there are evil people in the world, and you post a picture like that and some cultist gets a hold of it or a coven and they begin muttering curses against an unborn child.

Of two evils, choose neither.

When a man has done me an evil turn once, I don't like to give him the opportunity to do so twice.

Mr. Churchill, Mr. Prime Minister, how many divisions did you say that the pope had?

Purely historical thought is therefore nihilistic: it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history and in this way is opposed to rebellion.

evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.

Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It's not racism and "this-ism" and "that-ism"; it's our thirst and hunger for money. And that's where all the bodies are buried.

Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.

It is not fitting that the evil produced by men should be imputed to things; let those bear the blame who make an ill use of things in themselves good.

I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.

Men do not so much hate an evil-doer, or evil itself, as they hate the man who calls evil by its real name.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

Definition of Good and Evil: Good is what you like. Evil is what you don't like.

The cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression.

I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

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

Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

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.

Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.

As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.

One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.

Power is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it so.

It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened.