“Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Source: Bless Me, Ultima
“Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Tzvetan Todorov (1939–2017) Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist
Hope and Memory: Reflections on the Twentieth Century (2003)
“There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Annotations to Swedenborg (1788)
1780s
Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970) German Justice inspector
“Welt muss mehr denn je diese Botschaft hören,” Giessener Allgemeine Zeitung, Giessen, Germany, April 12, 2005.
Attributed
Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
Existentialism and Human Emotions (1957)
“Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
“Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
Anne Rice book Interview with the Vampire
Source: Interview with the Vampire