Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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