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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.quoteswave.com/picture-quotes/410567)
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QUOTE: Silence in the face of evil
is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not
to act is to act.
AUTHOR: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ]; February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi and founding member of
the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world
have become widely influential, and many have labelled his book The Cost of
Discipleship a modern classic.
Apart from his
theological writings, Bonhoeffer became known for his staunch resistance to the
Nazi dictatorship. He strongly opposed Hitler's euthanasia program and
genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was also involved in plans by members of
the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate
Adolf Hitler. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and executed by
hanging in April 1945 while imprisoned at a Nazi concentration camp, just 23
days before the German surrender.
APPLICATION: Although
this quote does not directly refer to capital punishment or fighting crime, we
the comrades of Unit 1012, love to use this quote. It is because it reminds the
justice system that when innocent people are murdered, it is the moral duty for
the judges of the state to sentence killers to death if they are guilty of the
crime. Otherwise, they will all answer to God for letting evil triumph.
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