We do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, never learning that the evil done now is the sure destroyer of the expected good.


Collected stories and other writings (ed. 2008)

Katherine Anne Porter Quotes

We do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, ...

We do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, ...

We do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, ...

We do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, ...