I have always agreed with the ideas represented in the quote: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing." The quote basically tells us that apathy and inactivity can be just as damaging as direct negative action. This, I believe, is completely true and has been shown time and time again throughout history.
The most obvious example that comes to mind is the Holocaust. The "evil" of Adolf Hitler's plan to create a racially pure Germany would never have succeeded if those who weren't being persecuted had stood up for those who were. But, thanks to apathy and dormancy, millions of innocent people were killed. The good people became part of an evil act simply by doing nothing to stop it.
Without good people in our world, evil would undoubtedly become the standard way of life. What defines good and evil is a whole different blog post, but I think that the overall statement is a sound and logical prediction.
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