Argument Quote by William H. Hastie

Evil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.

— Roy Baumeister

“The past requires not only that we study it and know it, but also that we learn its lessons - for this simple reason:…

— Tzvetan Todorov

Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.

— Philip Gourevitch

Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate.

— Anthony Burgess

Evil is a form of incompetence.

— Alan Bullock

There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you…

— Aaron Allston

I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't…

— Victor Salva

It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted.

— Gottfried Leibniz

Evil is just a point of view

— Anne Rice

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

— Henry David Thoreau

The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must…

— Miguel de Cervantes