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“I am laying down good intentions, which I believe durable as flint.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“intentions, good or bad, are not enough.” John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
“A war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just...” Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy
“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point.” Albert Camus, The Plague

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