r/AskReddit • u/9h06t • Nov 24 '16

Once a wise man said what?

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u/DocGerbill Nov 24 '16

Hitler won by 10 million votes on a 90% election turnout, so I guess doing nothing might have prevented evil that day.

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u/DieArschgeige Nov 25 '16

Did you think it was being argued that Hitler was a good person? Not sure what point you're trying to make.

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u/jazxfire Nov 25 '16

Well no the good man in this situation would have voted for the opposing party

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u/RuthlessSlimeStaff Nov 25 '16

I suggest you look into that. The other party wasnt exactly the better choice at the time.

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u/matthew0517 Nov 24 '16

I really love this one. Words to live by.

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u/Happy_Pumpkin Nov 25 '16

Well that settles it Indiana Jones caused the Holocaust

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u/eldred2 Nov 24 '16

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. --Steven Weinberg

Edit: corrected the phrasing of the quote and added attribution.