Atrocities Quote

by | Aug 12, 2025

Atrocities Quote

by | Aug 12, 2025

I thought I had put this in Enough Already — or something? But I want to put it here for safe keeping at least. As told to me by a former marine on Twitter:

“To get one to commit the greatest atrocities, you do not need to convince evil men to do evil. You need to convince good men they are doing good. The best men I have ever met did the worst things I have ever seen.”

Scott Horton

Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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