EDMUND BURKE’S QUOTE

        Irish philosopher, Edmund Burke has a famous quote that can be applied to being Pro-Life, Pro Death Penalty and Pro Armed Forces. Keep in mind, this quote may not be said exactly by him, it is still disputed. I will tell you more about Edmund Burke and this quote before I will explain more about how this quote can be applied to the following three things above.

Edmund Burke PC (12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. The latter led to his becoming the leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig party, which he dubbed the "Old Whigs", in opposition to the pro–French Revolution "New Whigs", led by Charles James Fox. Burke was praised by both conservatives and liberals in the 19th century. Since the 20th century, he has generally been viewed as the philosophical founder of modern Conservatism, as well as a representative of classical liberalism.

Quote: All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

The statement that "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" is often attributed to Burke. Burke never said this but, in 1770, he wrote in Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents that "when bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."

Selected examples of translations:

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for a few good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for a few good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for some good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for all good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that enough good men do nothing

All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing

All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing

All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing

All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

All that is required for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing

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

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

The only thing needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing

The only thing needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

All that’s needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing

All that’s needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing

For evil to prosper all it needs is for good people to do nothing

All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing

All that’s necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing

All that is required for evil to triumph is for good [wo]men to do nothing

The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for enough good men [and women] to do nothing

The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men (and women!) to do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men (and women) do nothing

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing

For evil to triumph it is necessary only that good men [and women] do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing

All that it takes for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing

All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing

The only thing that has to happen in this world for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to triumph in the world is for enough good men and women to do nothing

Evil thrives when good men do nothing

For evil to triumph good men need do nothing

For evil to triumph good men have to do nothing

The best way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

The surest way to assure the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

Evil will triumph so long as good men do nothing

It is necessary only for good men to say nothing for evil to triumph

It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph

For evil to triumph it is necessary for good men to do nothing

For evil to triumph it is sufficient for good men to do nothing

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing

All that is necessary for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

All that is required for evil to triumph over good is for good men to do nothing

Evil can triumph only if good men do nothing

The only thing evil men need to triumph is for good men to do nothing

The only thing for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men stand by and do nothing

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was for good men to do nothing

The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

Evil prevails when good men do nothing

Application:

Pro Death Penalty: If the state does not put to death the worst criminals, evildoers will grow in numbers. When the state executes violent criminals, it is putting down evil in the country and saving lives.

Pro-Life: People who are pro-life and are campaigning to stop abortion across the country, are doing a good job by counseling people and protesting in public. To bring an end to abortion is not just saving the lives of the innocent unborn but also making the state a better place to show that they value life.

Pro Armed Forces: If a country gets invaded, the armed forces must defend their country by all means. If they do not, foreign invaders will take advantage of their conquered land and bring terror to innocent civilians.