For man as an historical creature has desires of indeterminate dimensions.
REINHOLD NIEBUHRTherefore we have a long history of freedom, where people try to extricate themselves from tyranny for the sake of art, for the sake of science, for the sake of religion, for the sake of the conscience of the individual – this freedom is necessary for the individual.
More Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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[There is] an increasing tendency among modern men to imagine themselves ethical because they have delegated their vices to larger and larger groups.
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That is the truth about man – that he has a curious kind of dignity, but also a curious kind of misery, and that these forms of agnosticism don’t understand.
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We have, on the whole, more liberty and less equality than Russia has. Russia has less liberty and more equality. Whether democracy should be defined primarily in terms of liberty or equality is a source of unending debate.
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Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.
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There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that’s one of the great achievements.
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Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.
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The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
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The chief source of man’s inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.
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All known existence points beyond itself.
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It is significant that it is as difficult to get charity out of piety as to get reasonableness out of rationalism.
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All men who live with any degree of serenity live by some assurance of grace.
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If you equate God’s judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.
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Therefore we have a long history of freedom, where people try to extricate themselves from tyranny for the sake of art, for the sake of science, for the sake of religion, for the sake of the conscience of the individual – this freedom is necessary for the individual.
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The fanatic is dangerous.
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