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

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Reinhold Niebuhr
Age: 78 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 21
Died: 1971
Died: June 1
Ethicist
Philosopher
Political Scientist
Theologian
University Teacher
Wright City
Missouri
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr
Pure
Power
Without
Love
Corrupted
Armed
Destroyed
Goodness

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