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Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted and pure love without pow

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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