John Hagee Quotes

To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Evil prospers when good men do nothing.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent.

Whether we consider Nazi Germany or Abu Ghraib prison, there were many people who observed what was happening and said nothing. At Abu Ghraib, one photo shows two soldiers smiling before a pyramid of naked prisoners while a dozen other soldiers stand around watching passively. If you observe such abuses and don't say, "This is wrong! Stop it!" you give tacit approval to continue. You are part of the silent majority that makes evil deeds more acceptable.

Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong.

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.

So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

Complicity with error will take from the best of men the power to enter any successful protest against it.

Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening and never intervene that perpetuates such abuse.

My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.

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

You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know.

I have no love for those who consider themselves 'good people' but stand idly by as the world crumbles around them. It's not enough to personally not do damage. If you're present as someone else destroys what's around you and you do nothing, you helped them.

To be silent is to be complicit.

History has always judged silence and complicity harshly in these times of moral consequence.

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice.