Evils Quotes
490 quotes by 339 authors
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The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind…
— Francis Bacon
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
— Walter Scott
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Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
— Richard Dawkins
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When you once attribute effects to the will of a personal God, you have let in a lot of little gods and evils - then…
— Elbert Hubbard
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It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, "mad cow" disease, and many others, but I think…
— Richard Dawkins
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It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
— Sun Tzu
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Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Just because you cannot fight every evil does not mean you should fight no evils.
— Dennis Prager
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One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils it guards against…
— Hugo Black
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
— Unknown Author
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality. Satan, the enemy is using people to further his agenda…
— Alan Chambers
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By opening our lives to God in Christ, we become new creatures. This experience, which Jesus spoke of as the new birth, is essential if…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We need to recapture the gospel glow of the early Christians who were nonconformists in the truest sense of the word . . . Their…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.
— Dorothy Uhnak
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The true remedy for most evils is none other than liberty, unlimited and complete liberty, liberty in every field of human endeavor.
— Gustave de Molinari
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A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of…
— Aeschines
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This is that mystery which is rich in divine grace unto sinners: wherein by a wonderful exchange, our sins are no longer ours but Christ's;…
— Martin Luther
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False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because…
— Cesare Beccaria
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