Quotes about Evil
It is often said that the divided condition of Christendom is an evil, and so it is. But the evil consists in the existence of the errors which cause the divisions and not at all in the recognition of those errors when once they exist.
— J. Gresham Machen
Abortion and racism are evil twins, born of the same lie. Where racism now hides its face in public, abortion is accomplishing the goals of which racism only once dreamed. Together, abortionists are destroying humanity at large and the black community in particular.
— Alveda King
The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.
— Ronald Reagan
People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you.
— George W. Bush
The truly and deliberately evil men are a very small minority; it is the appeaser who unleashes them on mankind.
— Ayn Rand
The truly and deliberately evil men are a very small minority; it is the appeaser who unleashes them on mankind.
— Ayn Rand
The old assumption of the approximate impossibility of war really rested on a similar assumption about the impossibility of evil-and especially of evil in high places.
— GK Chesterton
The issue is now quite clear. It is between light and darkness and every one must choose his side.
— GK Chesterton
There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
— Edmund Burke
Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil
— Dennis Prager
So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good.
— John Calvin
There is a fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom, which is founded in love. There is also a slavish fear, which is a mere dread of evil, and is purely selfish.
— Charles Finney