Evil Quotes - Page 28

• In existing States a fresh law is looked upon as a remedy for evil. Instead of themselves altering what is bad, people begin by demanding a law to alter it.

  Peter Kropotkin

  Law, People, Anarchy

  Peter Kropotkin (2012). “Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings”, p.196, Courier Corporation

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• There are some troubles from which mankind can never escape .... have never claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow from authority .... As a choice of blessings, liberty is the greater; as a choice of evils, liberty is the smaller. Then liberty always says the Anarchist. No use of force except against the invader.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Blessing, Perfection, Choices

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• The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.

  Walter E. Williams

  Government, Essence, Anarchy

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• Heretics are not to be disputed with, but to be condemned unheard, and whilst they perish by fire, the faithful ought to pursue the evil to its source, and bathe their heads in the blood of the Catholic bishops, and of the Pope, who is the devil in disguise.

  Martin Luther

  Fire, Blood, Catholic

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• To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

  Claudius

  Wish

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• Lo, how to conquer evil thoughts?Easy! One thing, just try -Imagine you are the ocean vast,You are the boundless sky.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Ocean, Sky, Trying

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• An animal is equipped for sustaining its life; its senses provide it with an automatic code of action, an automatic knowledge of what is good for it or evil... Man has no automatic code of survival. His particular distinction from all other living species is the necessity to act in the face of alternatives by means of volitional choice.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Animal, Men

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.75, Penguin

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• Kant is the most evil man in mankind's history.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Mankind, Evil Man

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.255, Penguin

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• I saw that evil was impotent—that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-real—and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.

  Ayn Rand

  Real, Triumph, Weapons

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.170, Penguin

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• I mean, evil and boredom. Evil and ennui. Evil and the lack of stimulation. Evil and sluggish blood.

  Gregory Maguire

  Mean, Blood, Boredom

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.82, Harper Collins

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• There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.

  Thomas Brooks

  Affliction, Sin

  Thomas Brooks (1810). “Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices: Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations”, p.36

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• Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.

  J. C. Ryle

  Jesus, Looks, Dull

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• When God gives you comforts, it is your great evil not to observe His hand in them.

  John Flavel

  Hands, Giving, Comfort

  John Flavel (2013). “The Mystery of Providence”, p.133, Lulu Press, Inc

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• There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil

  Dennis Prager

  Children, Parent, Way

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• For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust.

  Richard Perle

  War, Our Generation, Holocaust

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.12, Random House

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• I also feel that if you were evil, then next time around you would be very good.

  Patricia Velasquez

  Would Be, Next, Very Good

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• Women with women, men with men, they committed indecent acts with one another, and they received in themselves the due penalty for their perversions. They’re full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant, God-haters. They are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless. They invent ways of doing evil.

  Phil Robertson

  Men, Envy, Hatred

  "Phil Robertson Homophobic Past Resurfaces In 2010 Sermon" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2013.

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• The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century.

  Allyson Schwartz

  Taught Us, World, Lessons

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• I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Integrity, Evil People, Chips

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• The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Steps, Mental Health, Acknowledgement

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• Demon or angel or evil spirit, I just need something to show itself. Ghoulie or ghosty or long-legged beastie, I just want my hand held.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Angel, Hands, Long

  Chuck Palahniuk (1999). “Survivor: A Novel”, Anchor

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• Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Weed, Garden, Moral

  Henry Morton Stanley (1909). “The autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley ...”

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• Do this research if we don't have a season -- watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game.

  Ray Lewis

  Games, Watches, Research

  "Lewis: 'Watch how much crime picks up' if lockout continues". www.nfl.com. May 22, 2011.

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• Evil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace

  L. J. Smith

  Triumph, May, Finding Peace

  L. J. Smith (2014). “Vampire Diaries: The First Bite 4-Book Collection: The Awakening, The Struggle, The Fury, Dark Reunion”, p.17, Harper Collins

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• I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).

  Ray Comfort

  Atheist, Book, Men

  Ray Comfort (2009). “Nothing Created Everything: The Scientific Impossibility of Atheistic Evolution”, p.90, WND Books

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