the quote is, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing” and it was said by the narrator of “War and Peace”, NOT by Edmund Burke. The “good men” of Penn State did nothing.
The quote has been attributed to Edmund Burke, but never found. If memory serves, there is something close in a letter to the sheriffs of Bristol. If the quote is in “War and Peace” (I assume you mean the novel, not some movie) it shoud be attributed to Tolstoy. But “War and Peace” is in Russian, so the question is what the original text said. Burke did write, “When bad men combine, the good mustassociate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice, in a contemptible struggle.” — “Thoughts on the Causes of the Present Discontents”
pawpawbear over 12 years ago
It’s time to return to the values of scholarship first, athletics second. Maybe lower.
jerseyinsd over 12 years ago
the quote is, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing” and it was said by the narrator of “War and Peace”, NOT by Edmund Burke. The “good men” of Penn State did nothing.
Munodi over 12 years ago
The quote has been attributed to Edmund Burke, but never found. If memory serves, there is something close in a letter to the sheriffs of Bristol. If the quote is in “War and Peace” (I assume you mean the novel, not some movie) it shoud be attributed to Tolstoy. But “War and Peace” is in Russian, so the question is what the original text said. Burke did write, “When bad men combine, the good mustassociate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice, in a contemptible struggle.” — “Thoughts on the Causes of the Present Discontents”
cmrocks over 12 years ago
I was under the impression the original quote came from Thomas Jefferson…
Munodi over 12 years ago
Dear Oak Ridge,
I’m afraid Barttlett’s won’t help. There is nothing in either the 13th or 15th edition.