Compounds Quote by Abraham Lincoln

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that…

— Abraham Lincoln

Good and evil exist and can be meaningfully distinguished from each other by simple criteria.

— Norah Vincent

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.

— Bruno Dumont

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

— Lyn Nofziger

It is in vain that we search for an essential difference between good and evil, for their constituents are the same. The crucial distinction…

— Charles Hampden-Turner

“Anything that inhibits, impedes, or prevents this movement toward the Ultimate Complexity is evil. The wonderful thing about this definition of good and evil…

— Gregory David Roberts

“Good and evil are not static; they are dynamic. Each one continually feeds on itself just like compound interest in the bank. Good is…

— C.S. Lewis

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

— Edmund Burke

The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

— Anonymous

All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.

— Daniel Defoe

Good and evil exists everywhere.

— Taylor Momsen