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Reinhold Niebuhr
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"Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Faith
"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Change
"Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Peace
"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Courage
"The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Wisdom
"The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Politics
"Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Faith
"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Hope
"Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Age
"There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion."
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Topic(s):
Religion
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