Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German resistance-movement theologian
who publicly denounced Hitler on the radio in 1933. After spending two years in prison he was
hanged by the Gestapo in April 1945. Some
consider him a saint. Here (if you will)
is what he might say about the likes of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, presently in
Hollywood:
Many people are spoilt
by being satisfied with mediocrity. It
may means that they get to the top more quickly, for they have fewer
inhibitions to overcome.[1]
[1]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers
from Prison (London: Fontana Books, 1953), p. 129. The above quotation dates from August 1944.
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