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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and… — John Stuart Mill

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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

John Stuart Mill
1867
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Political theoryInactionFighting for justice
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1867
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John Stuart Mill
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Mill, John Stuart. Inaugural Address at St. Andrews. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867. Orinally given on 1 Feb. 1867, St. Andrew's University, St. Andrew, Fife, Scotland, UK.

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