Quote by Socrates

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity f

Summary

This quote suggests that if ordinary people possessed the ability to inflict unlimited harm, they would also possess unlimited potential for doing good. It implies that it is the restriction placed on individuals' capacity to cause harm that may limit their potential to bring about positive change in the world. In other words, the quote elicits the idea that if people had the capacity to cause harm without limits, they would have the same potential to bring about unlimited benefits and positive transformation.

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