November 8, 2025

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish-born British Whig politician, Thoughts on the Causes of the Present Discontents (1770), Jay p.63

Evil is naturally aggressive, a quality not normally associated with goodness. Are you capable of aggressive goodness? What would it look like?

The trick here is being able to recognize other good men and women. More than a few politicians are of the lupine variety, with ovine overcoats. That is, wolves in sheep’s clothing.