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Bad people need only that good people look on and do nothing; someone who lets wrong be done in their name without protest is not good
Drawn from what John Stuart Mill said
What John Stuart Mill actually said
- John Stuart Mill Philosopher (1806 to 1873), a utilitarian and liberal
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.
Where this was said
↗Inaugural Address delivered to the University of St. Andrews (1867)en.wikisource.org
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