“There is no evil in the world without a remedy.”
Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530) Italian writer
Ecloga Octava; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), "Evil".
“Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.”
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“In politics evils should be remedied not revenged.”
Napoleon III (1808–1873) French emperor, president, and member of the House of Bonaparte
Napoléon III, Des Idées napoléoniennes, edited by Henri Colburn, London (1839), chapter 3, p. 39: En politique il faut guérir les maux, jamais les venger.
Translated by James A. Dorr, in: Napoleonic Ideas, Appleton & Co, New York (1859), p. 41
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Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
“The evils of society cannot be remedied by acts of parliament.”
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Source: Travels in the North of Germany (1820), p. 98, Vol. 2
Thomas Hodgskin (1787–1869) British writer
Source: Travels in the North of Germany (1820), p. 165, Vol. 1
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We boast of the freedom enjoyed by our people above all other peoples. But it is difficult to reconcile that boast with a state of the law which, practically, puts the brand of servitude and degradation upon a large class of our fellow-citizens, our equals before the law. The thin disguise of "equal" accommodations for passengers in railroad coaches will not mislead anyone, nor atone for the wrong this day done.
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“for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized”
Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician
Source: Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann (1872), p. 215