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Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.

John Stott

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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
Anglican Priest
Author
Missionary
Theologian
Writer
London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
Vision
Powerful
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Indignation
Indispensable
Combination
Compassion
Therefore
Leadership

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