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"I am a fan of an old German saying: "Good intentions are the opposite of good actions.""

Except that good actions don't spring from malintent, so your folksy saying is of limited worth.

"Every tragedy in human history that I know of was born from good intentions"

Also every amazing pinnacle of human history and society. You also conveniently leave out the tragedies born from lack of good intention.

Have you never met a sociopath? Someone without empathy?