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... is for good men to do nothing.
That's a quite commonly attributed to Edmund Burke (of the Vindication of the Rights of Men fame). I googled it because I couldn't remember who said it, and came up with this link:
http://tartarus.org/~martin/essays/burkequote2.html
Turns out that those aren't exactly Burke's words. These are:
‘When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.’
This very interesting essay also provides the context for the quote, and basically, the quote refers to political parties, and party unity.
So, basically, most of us tend to use this quote out of context - it's been used to refer to the amassing of an army, or military invasion. I wonder if it's kosher to use it for feminist ideals.
That's a quite commonly attributed to Edmund Burke (of the Vindication of the Rights of Men fame). I googled it because I couldn't remember who said it, and came up with this link:
http://tartarus.org/~martin/essays/burkequote2.html
Turns out that those aren't exactly Burke's words. These are:
‘When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.’
This very interesting essay also provides the context for the quote, and basically, the quote refers to political parties, and party unity.
So, basically, most of us tend to use this quote out of context - it's been used to refer to the amassing of an army, or military invasion. I wonder if it's kosher to use it for feminist ideals.