Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

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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...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of...

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of...

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.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is...

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is...

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.

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...

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...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

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,...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed

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...

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can...

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

I think in our desire to create a better America, we have to have civilized...

I think in our desire to create a better America, we have to have civilized...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...