Quote by Terry Pratchett

Down there - he said - are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any inequity. All out of a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathsomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul. Sin, you might say, without a trace of originality. They accept evil not because they say yes, but because they don't say no.


Down there - he said - are people who will follow any dragon

Summary

This quote implies that there is a segment of society who are willing to blindly follow anyone or anything, regardless of its moral compass. These individuals are not necessarily consciously endorsing or participating in great acts of evil, but simply ignore any wrongdoings and fail to stand up against them. They exhibit a mundane and commonplace type of wickedness, lacking any originality or thoughtfulness. Rather than actively embracing sin, they passively accept it by not denouncing or opposing it.

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Humanity
By Terry Pratchett
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