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

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

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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...

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...

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

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

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...

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...

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...

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 worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope....

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope....

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior...

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior...

Love is like a river, never ending as it flows, but gets greater with time!

Love is like a river, never ending as it flows, but gets greater with time!

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life...

Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life...

Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

You, men of England, who have no right to this Kingdom of France, the King...

You, men of England, who have no right to this Kingdom of France, the King...