"For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent. That is something of which we are all quite capable."

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Source : "Hope and Memory: Lessons from the Twentieth Century". Book by Tzvetan Todorov, 2003.

Tzvetan Todorov

#Evil Quotes #People Quotes #Majority Quotes

“The money that fueled the explosion of gluttony at the top had to come from somewhere or, more specifically, from someone. Since no domestic oil deposits had been discovered, no new seams of uranium or gold, and since the war in Iraq enriched only the military contractors and suppliers, it had to come from other Americans.”

Source : "This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation". Book by Barbara Ehrenreich (Introduction), www.huffingtonpost.com. 2008.
“Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening or fear-inspiring father.”

Source : James Q. Wilson (1997). “The Moral Sense”, p.166, Simon and Schuster
“A balanced diet is a cookie in both hands.”
“Now, they say that New Zealand is beautiful and I do not know -- because after 22 hours on a plane any landmass would be beautiful.”
“If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.”
“The cultural integration of psychedelics won't happen overnight, and the question of young people is perhaps the most difficult involved. The first step is for people who have knowledge of these substances to share it, "coming out" about their own experiences. Drug education should be honest and present a balanced picture of risks and benefits.”
“The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.”

Source : "Honored literary scholar M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)". Interview with Linda Grace-Kobas, news.cornell.edu. June 11, 1999.
“I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws.”

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