Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the fourth session of the V-50 Lectures. This evening, I’m going to explain why all civilizations in the past have had this in common: they have perished. And why all present civilizations are perishing. Why the United States republic is perishing. What has that got to do with you, regardless of your age, sex, occupation, education? I will answer this question in part by giving you a quotation from Edmund Burke who said “All that is necessary for the forces of evil to triumph is that good men do nothing”. All that is necessary for the forces of evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.