Quotes on Social Evils

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

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.