The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

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Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies.

Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage...

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage...

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are...

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be...

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be...

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other,...

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other,...

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you...

Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you...

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...