In our previous episode at 09:40 PM 10/27/02, Patrick Goodman wrote:
>You seem like the guy to come to for these things.

Whoever "you" is.

>I'm fixing to write a story for a superhero gaming anthology (on spec, so
>wish me luck).  I'd like to open it with a quote; the one I have in mind is
>attributed to Edmund Burke, and I've found six or seven different
>permutations of it on the net so far.  Alarmingly, I can't find it in any of
>my quote books.  I'm hoping you can help me find the correct wording.
>
>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.

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http://www.bartleby.com/66/18/9118.html

QUOTATION: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men 
to do nothing.

ATTRIBUTION: Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish philosopher, statesman. 
Attributed.

Ascribed in various forms to Burke, though never found in his writings. 
Possibly it is a distillation of the words found in Thoughts on the Cause 
of the Present Discontents (1770): see Burke on alliances.

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