10-23-2015, 05:23 AM
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Originally posted by knieft
Probably I should join you in not getting back into it. As somebody famous said: "Sometimes, many times, the best thing to do is nothing. Almost all of the time the best thing to say is nothing". Or something like that...
Cheers,
Kirt
I would counter with this one: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Attributed to Edmund Burke, an Irish political philosopher.
Also found this one by him:
"It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the publick to be the most anxious for its welfare."
I'm going to have to read more of this guy...

