Variation:
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”
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From Einstein's tribute to Pablo Casals (30 March 1953), in Conversations with Casals (1957), page 11, by Josep Maria Corredor, translated from Conversations avec Pablo Casals : souvenirs et opinions d'un musicien (1955)
• Variant translations or paraphrasing:
• 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.
◦ As quoted in The Harper Book of Quotations by Robert I. Fitzhenry (1993), p. 356
• The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
◦ As quoted in Conscious Courage : Turning Everyday Challenges Into Opportunities (2004) by Maureen Stearns, p. 99
• The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
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https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
Albert Einstein[a] (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics.[1][6] His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".[7] He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect",[8] a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein