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If we condone torture, we yield the moral high ground to our enemies and encourage anyone who hates us to stoop to using that subhuman level against us. We reap whatever we sow.

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
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Richard Duane Warren
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