By Their Fruit

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;  the indifference of those who should have known better;  the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most;  that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
—    Haile Selassie
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Dreadful Pity

Even Dracula is to be pitied in a way.  All people who do dreadful things are to be pitied.  I have used a phrase — the Loneliness of Evil —  many times, and I believe it is true.
—    Christopher Lee
October 1967
[Of course, not all who are lonely are Evil, but it interesting to think of all who are Evil as lonely.  Or, at least, alone.    —    KMAB]
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Questioned Faith

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
—    Voltaire
[Voltaire’s original name was François Marie Arouet    —    kmab]
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