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I believe the best test of our integrity and honesty is when we personally enforce in our own lives that which ultimately cannot be enforced.

David A. Bednar

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David A. Bednar
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 15
Priest
University Teacher
Oakland
California
David Allan Bednar
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