Reinhold Niebuhr
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
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What has violence ever accomplished?...The thing about it is, all those races we lost...At one point, people are going to have to realize...The Hebrews have done more to civilize men...Thunder is good, thunder is impressive...As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary...