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Evil thrives on apathy and cannot exist without it.


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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.



When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.



Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.



This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.



The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.



One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.



There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.



Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.



There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.



Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.





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Sometimes translation stops you understanding.



I'm never going to be content with a comeback when you end up losing ... You can't just accept being in a game that's close and end up losing it. It's just not okay.

I'm never going to be content with a comeback when you end up losing ... You can't just accept being in a game that's close and end up losing it. It's just not okay.



A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.

A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.



I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building.

I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building.



The study of Indian economics is the study of the spinning wheel.

The study of Indian economics is the study of the spinning wheel.



Suffering is basically the mind's refusal to accept reality as it is.

Suffering is basically the mind's refusal to accept reality as it is.



I always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all.

I always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all.



Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.

Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.



There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.

There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.



Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.

Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.




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