"All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing." - Sir Edmund Burke, 1769.
If our world was split into 'good and evil', I fear that the evil would almost definitively outweigh the good. I feel the reason for this is because people are always so concerned with rooting out the evil that 'good' no longer plays an important role in their line of thinking.
There is never one clear-cut solution to any problem which is why many people simply choose the easiest route. This quote highlights one of the ideals that our society lives by, "that it is easier to do nothing than something, even if that something could potentially lead to a positive future".
The most obvious example for this is global warming. People are happy to continue their lives with the knowledge that they will never have to live to deal with the consequences of Global Warming - so why bother making a change? It is much easier to simply ignore the news, and the campaigns raising awareness for global warming and simply continue to drive to work in their SUV's, and rely on future generations to deal with the problem.
This quote outlines the reality that doing nothing about a pressing issue will only worsen the outcome. For all it takes for evil to truly 'take root' is for good, responsible people to do nothing.
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