The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is gone forever.
Edmund Burke
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Edmund Burke