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from: Patrick Goodman
date: 2002-10-28 17:13:36
subject: RE: [writing2] Fang-Face: Chasing a quote

From: Beth Friedman
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:38 PM

> >You seem like the guy to come to for these things.
>
> Whoever "you" is.

Well, Nellis has a bit of a fixation for quotes and things like that.  But
like I said, everyone is welcome to play. :)

> >Approximately, it goes thus:  "All that is required for evil to
> >triumph is for good men to do nothing."
> >
> >Thanks in advance for your aid, or that of anyone else who wants
> >to join the party.
>
> You can't find it because it's not in his published writings.

That would explain it, yes.  It bothers me because I couldn't find it in an
old copy of Bartlett's either, though, attributed to Burke or anybody else.

Thanks for the pointer.


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