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"When Good Men do Nothing"

The familiar saying, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" originates from the following excerpt from Edmund Burkes’ 1770 writings entitled, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents: "when bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." According to The Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission, only 30 million out of 60 million self-proclaimed Christians voted in the 2012 General Election. That’s one for every two! This figure astounds me. Most Christians are quick to complain about our nation’s moral decay, yet they have done nothing to stop it. One of the most important duties we have as citizens of the United States of America is to exercise our right to vote and only half of Christians do! Some have said, “I can’t bring myself to vote for either of the two candidates,” or they say, “It’s all rigged anyway. They only give us two c...