Bad men need noth­ing more to com­pass their ends, than that good men should look on and do noth­ing.

John Stu­art Mill

John Stu­art Mill once declared, “Bad men need noth­ing more to com­pass their ends, than that good men should look on and do noth­ing.”

But just as strik­ing is the con­verse. The pos­i­tive be­hav­ior of en­tire com­mu­nities could be no less pow­erful. When a group of peo­ple made a de­ci­sion to stand to­gether, they were sometimes able to thwart even the Nazis.

Richard Hurowitz, WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-communities-that-risked-everything-to-rescue-jews-11674139921

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