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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics Quotes: Principles are only tools in the hands of God they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.
         

Principles are only tools in the hands of God they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.


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Principles are only tools in the hands of God they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.
         



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