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John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867 Quotes: Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
         

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.


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