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Quote from Isabel Paterson,


"Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends."


By:

Isabel Paterson (more quotes by Isabel Paterson or books by/about Isabel Paterson)


(1886-1961) Canadian-American journalist, author, political philosopher, literary critic

Source:

The God of the Machine (1943), by Isabel Paterson, pg 235
http://books.google.com/books?id=1uFiVBbM7gMC&pg=PA235

Categories:

Crime, Drugs, Education, Morals, Persecution, Perseverance, Prohibition, Punishment, Virtue, War

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