...the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.

Albert Einstein (trans. Josep Maria Corredor), Conversations with Casals

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Einstein's tribute to Pablo Casals as translated from :Conversations avec Pablo Casals : souvenirs et opinions d'un musicien" (1955).<div><br></div><div>Variants: </div><div><span style="background-color: initial; font-size: 0.875rem;">"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."</span><br></div><div><br></div>"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."<div><br></div>"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."<div><br></div><div>via Wikiquote (<span style="background-color: initial; font-size: 0.875rem;">https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)</span></div>

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