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Great Evil Quotes

Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people Picture Quote #1

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed Picture Quote #1

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition Picture Quote #1

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like Picture Quote #1

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good Picture Quote #1

Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and appearance of humility Picture Quote #1

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The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us Picture Quote #1

It is always man’s ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good Picture Quote #1

... and we are not alone in this slavery. there are millions of others throughout the world, of all colors and races and creeds. this we must remember. there are many of our people who hate the poor of the white race, and they hate us. the people in this town living by the river who work in the mills. people who are almost as much in need as we are ourselves. this hatred is a great evil, and no good can ever come from it... the injustice of need must bring us all together and not separate us. we must remember that we all make the things of this earth of value because of labor Picture Quote #1

Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case Picture Quote #1

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil Picture Quote #1

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil Picture Quote #1

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The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power Picture Quote #1

Thus have they committed two great evils, in which they persist, and from which they hate to be reformed; they take away from God's word, and add to his worship Picture Quote #1

The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods Picture Quote #1

Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness Picture Quote #1

Government, on their part, are much disposed to favor the establishment of these large companies, and to give them privileges to the detriment of their rivals, and of the public, with the expectation of receiving from them loans, either gratuitous or at a low rate which these never refuse. It is thus that the one sells its protection and the other buys it; and this is already a very great evil Picture Quote #1

Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny Picture Quote #1

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I am not an absolute pacifist, because I can’t rule out the possibility that under some, carefully defined circumstances, some degree of violence may be justified, if it is focused directly at a great evil Picture Quote #1

The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we find them, allows for all the other great evils: racism, sexism, homophobia, violence against gay people and against women Picture Quote #1

Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate Picture Quote #1

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil Picture Quote #1

Education is the chief remedy for all those great evils which afflict the country. Education will not only cultivate and improve the intellect of the nation, but will also purify its character Picture Quote #1

Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels Picture Quote #1

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Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed these pieties have wrought great evil Picture Quote #1

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Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people (Great Evil Quotes) To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed (Great Evil Quotes) The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition (Great Evil Quotes) Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like (Great Evil Quotes) Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good (Great Evil Quotes) Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and appearance of humility (Great Evil Quotes) The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us (Great Evil Quotes) It is always man’s ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good (Great Evil Quotes) ... and we are not alone in this slavery. there are millions of others throughout the world, of all colors and races and creeds. this we must remember. there are many of our people who hate the poor of the white race, and they hate us. the people in this town living by the river who work in the mills. people who are almost as much in need as we are ourselves. this hatred is a great evil, and no good can ever come from it... the injustice of need must bring us all together and not separate us. we must remember that we all make the things of this earth of value because of labor (Great Evil Quotes) Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case (Great Evil Quotes) All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil (Great Evil Quotes) Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil (Great Evil Quotes) The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power (Great Evil Quotes) Thus have they committed two great evils, in which they persist, and from which they hate to be reformed; they take away from God's word, and add to his worship (Great Evil Quotes) The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods (Great Evil Quotes) Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness (Great Evil Quotes) Government, on their part, are much disposed to favor the establishment of these large companies, and to give them privileges to the detriment of their rivals, and of the public, with the expectation of receiving from them loans, either gratuitous or at a low rate which these never refuse. It is thus that the one sells its protection and the other buys it; and this is already a very great evil (Great Evil Quotes) Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny (Great Evil Quotes) I am not an absolute pacifist, because I can’t rule out the possibility that under some, carefully defined circumstances, some degree of violence may be justified, if it is focused directly at a great evil (Great Evil Quotes) The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we find them, allows for all the other great evils: racism, sexism, homophobia, violence against gay people and against women (Great Evil Quotes) Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate (Great Evil Quotes) There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil (Great Evil Quotes) Education is the chief remedy for all those great evils which afflict the country. Education will not only cultivate and improve the intellect of the nation, but will also purify its character (Great Evil Quotes) Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels (Great Evil Quotes) Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed these pieties have wrought great evil (Great Evil Quotes)

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