May 25th, 2009

 Apathy a More Dangerous Position Than Fanaticism

Or, as Edmund Burke wrote – All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Burke lived between 1729 and 1794, proving once again that old adage “the more things change the more they stay the same.” I have been challenged more than once on this statement, which I [...]

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