Acts of evil Quote by Ayn Rand

So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. . . . When a…

— Ayn Rand

One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.

— Harold S. Kushner

For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.

— Simon Wiesenthal

“People often think the question of non-resistance to evil by force is a theoretical one, which can be neglected. Yet this question is presented…

— Leo Tolstoy

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they…

— Christopher Dawson

If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all…

— Isaac Barrow

In the twentieth century, men -- all of us -- find themselves compelled to commit or condone evil for the sake of preventing an…

— Emil Fackenheim

A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to…

— William Penn

“The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for this is the great transgression and the root…

— Ayn Rand

The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying…

— Thomas Jefferson

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is no sort of wrong deed of which a man can bear the punishment alone; you can't isolate yourself and say that the…

— George Eliot