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Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do…

Quote byJohn Stuart Mill · 1806–1873

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St. Andrews, Feb. 1st 1867 (1867) p. 36..

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Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

— John Stuart Mill

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