Today's quote of the day is widely attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military leader and emperor who reshaped Europe in the early nineteenth century. The line reads, "The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people." It circulates constantly online, usually without a specific date, speech or letter attached to it, which is common for a lot of quotes tied to historical figures whose words were recorded inconsistently. Whether or not Napoleon spoke these exact words, the sentiment fits a man who spent his career studying how power actually moves, and who understood better than most how much a lack of resistance can shape events just as much as resistance itself.
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