Bill O'Reilly Quotes

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

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.

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

While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.

Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

Whether you do something or decide to do nothing, either way, you are making a moral choice. And I hope people make the right one.

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

Moral obligation is to me so very strong a Stimulant, that in 9 cases out of ten it acts as a Narcotic. The Blow that should rouse, stuns me.

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.

Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove.

You are to do the choosing here and now during this exciting and wonderful time on earth. Moral agency, the freedom to choose, is certainly one of God's greatest gifts next to life itself. We have the honorable right to choose; therefore, we need to choose the right. This is not always easy.

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.

Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.

Once you've seen certain things, the moral compunction drives you to act.

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.

Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.

Just because you cannot fight every evil does not mean you should fight no evils.

There comes a moment in every life when a choice must be made between right and wrong, between good and evil, between light and darkness. These decisions are made in an instant, but with repercussions that last a lifetime.

I'm a human being with a conscience, and when I see murder, I cannot stand by, and I have to call the murdered the murdered, and I have to call the murderers the murderers.

The truth is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, whether they're following orders or not. An army of people making individual moral choices may be inefficient, but an army of people ignoring their morality is horrifying.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

I sincerely believe that we not only have the right to know what is good and what is evil; we have the duty to acquire that knowledge if we hope to assume responsibility for our own lives and those of our children. Only by knowing the truth can we be set free.

Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.