"The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world." ― Reinhold Niebuhr Topic(s): Politics More From Reinhold Niebuhr "There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war." "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." "Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another." More In Politics "People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life."― Mark Ruffalo "If you don’t like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don’t like the Governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don’t like me, 90 cents."― Edward Koch "Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions."― Jonathan Swift