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Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Power
Must
Children
Powerless
Protected
Innocence
Innocent

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