SEPTEMBER 22 "COMPLACENCY & PASSIVITY"
JOHN STUART MILL IS FAMOUS FOR HIS QUOTE
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
The essence of the quote can be traced back to 1867 at an inaugural address he gave at the University of St. Andrews and stated:
“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion.
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself.”
It Can Become Very Easy “Not To Trouble Ourselves” And Become Careless In Our Ways. John Mill Was Calling Out, The Young Men And Women Sitting In That Audience, “No You’re Not A Good Man”
And His Quote Lives To Call Us Out Of Our Own Complacency, 155 Years Later!
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