George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax on good and evil

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.

Men make it such a point of honour to be fit for business that they forget to examine whether business is fit for a man.

All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke1729–1797

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Blaise Pascal1623–1662

• Anti-Religion

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

Albert Einstein1879–1955