He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

When we see evil or injustice in the world it’s not enough to simply acknowledge it. We must ask ourselves what can we do to fight it?

I enjoy reading historical rankings of Presidencies. Andrew Johnson typically and deservedly populates the bottom of lists. He was a racist who became president after Lincoln’s assassination.

Joining him at the bottom is James Buchanan. I think he may be more a villain than Johnson. Buchanan was by most historical accounts a moral and just man who chose to ignore gross injustice. Where history paints Johnson as a racist and for that reason he is ranked as he should, Buchanan faced the issue of slavery, acknowledged it’s evil but was not moved to action.

This inaction led to Dred Scott and of course the fracturing of a nation. He is the worse president in our history just below Andrew Johnson in my book.

MLK words stand true, those who see injustice and do nothing are just as culpable as those who participate. Perhaps worse.