We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display — Reinhold Niebuhr
We don’t properly discriminate. We never discriminate properly when we’re dealing with — Reinhold Niebuhr
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men. — Reinhold Niebuhr
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. — Reinhold Niebuhr
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization — Reinhold Niebuhr
Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. — Reinhold Niebuhr
Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. — Reinhold Niebuhr