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“The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.” quote by Iain Pears — Download Open image

“The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.”

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