George W. Bush on good and evil

Some folks look at me and see swagger, which in Texas is called ‘walking’.

One thing I have learned about the presidency is that whatever shortcomings you have, people are going to notice them⁠—and whatever strengths you have, you’re going to need them.

Freedom is not America’s gift to the world, it is the Almighty God’s gift to every man and woman in this world.

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