"The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people."
— Napoleon Bonaparte
The World Suffers A Lot Not
The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
About this quote
No verified primary source has been found for this quote. Despite widespread online attribution to Napoleon Bonaparte, no researcher has traced it to a specific letter, memoir, speech, or contemporary account. The sentiment is much more credibly tied to Martin Luther King Jr., who wrote explicitly: "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." The quote should be treated as apocryphal and almost certainly misattributed.
Source
Attributed, widely quoted
