“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

 Utsagn:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Dette utsagnet tillegges Edmund Burke, men så er ikke tilfelle, ref nedenstående Reuters-artikkel, der konklusjonen er at opphavet er ukjent.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” a Quote Falsely Attributed to Edmund Burke

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” a Quote Falsely Attributed to Edmund Burke

Reuters 21. august 2021:
"Edmund Burke did not say evil triumphs when good men do nothing"

Skudeneshavn   12. april 2024

Jan Marton Jensen

 

Kilde:
21. august 2021
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2PG1EY/