Essay about relating quote to the poem "The Hangman"

Date Submitted: 08/09/2004 03:55:50
Category: / Literature / Poetry
Length: 3 pages (718 words)
Allowing Evil to Triumph 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.' (Edmund Burke). In order to stop evil and malicious acts from occurring, the people whose responsibility it is to enforce the laws must step up and stop these terrible acts. By ignoring the evil and not attempting to stop the evil, the good can harm themselves or other innocent people. If there is no …
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…result in death. Also, there are examples of things in which the evil does not offer as horrendous a consequence. Within either extremity, there always has and always will be problems of evil triumphing to an easy victory. Perhaps one should think twice about whether to let something evil go without notice. One must remember that, 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.' (Edmund Burke)
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