The creed of evil has been, since the beginnings of highly industrialized society, not only a precursor of barbarism but a mask of good. The worth of the latter was transferred to the evil that drew to itself all the hatred and resentment of an order which drummed good into its adherents so that it could with impunity be evil.

Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life (ed. Verso, 2005) - ISBN: 9781844670512