Why Do Good Men Do Nothing?
In his book Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents (1770), the British philosopher Edmund Burke wrote, “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one.” This sentiment has survived as, “All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.”
Why do good men do nothing in the face of evil, especially when evil aggressively invades their lives?
The question has red-hot relevance to those who value the tradition of individual freedom into which America was born — a tradition that includes freedom of speech, the right to bear arms and to demand due process.… Read More...