People may be persuaded that the machine is doing good. In fact, good is only capable of being done on a small scale. Evil is more versatile. You can hate those you have never seen, all the vast multitudes of them, but you can only love those you know – and that with difficulty. John Christopher
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George Bernard Shaw was a well-known playwright, novelist, and social critic. He was interested in the condition of humanity and how it has changed over the years. In The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism he says, "People may be persuaded that the machine is doing good. In fact, good is only capable of being done on a small scale.

Evil is more versatile. You can hate those you have never seen, all the vast multitudes of them, but you can only love those you know — and that with difficulty."

Source: Sweeneys Island

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