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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 203. Today the quote is by Albert

  • Einstein. Yeah. We've done a number by him. We've probably done at least about four

  • or five by him before. And he usually has some pretty good quotes too. But I kind

  • of like this one does this one reminds me of an old quote I did and I didn't

  • realize he did this. I kind of recently found this quote . Well let's, let's go

  • over it right now "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by

  • those who watch them without doing anything. " Okay. Let's continue with the

  • note here. This quote immediately reminds me of another quote I covered by Edmund

  • Burke. Yeah. That was it was a while ago. "All you need for evil to triumph is for

  • good men should do nothing. " So they're pretty much saying the same thing. I'm kind of

  • surprised that they're both, even though they're far apart in time and countries,

  • They're, they're basically both saying almost exactly the same thing. So let's

  • continue here. Both of these quotes are implying, they're suggesting, that it is

  • not only the moral thing to do but the duty, the responsibility of the

  • good people to call out and counter evil when it is recognized. To call it out

  • meaning you know point to it say hey that's that's wrong. You know that's,

  • that's bad. You got to stop that. And counter , to go against it. When it is

  • recognized. We all know it is easier to do nothing and play it safe. But by

  • playing it safe, we allow evil to fester, to grow, you know, just, just like germs a

  • disease. It can multiply, if you do nothing. Fester, grow

  • and spread destruction and harm. They are both implying by doing nothing

  • we are nearly as responsible as those who do the evil deeds. Almost, by our

  • silence. yeah and play it safe attitude, we

  • condone the evil. Condone it, meaning almost say like " it's okay." by just

  • keeping quiet not pointing it out. Not countering it. And in turn give it

  • permission to exist. It can only be halted, halted it means

  • stopped. By those who will speak out and take actions to oppose it. If enough

  • people are brave enough to oppose evil it can be controlled or halted. Anyway,

  • well at least I hope so. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope you appreciate it. I

  • hope it was food for thought. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 203. Today the quote is by Albert

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