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A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.

Reinhold Niebuhr

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.
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Cures Pride Religion
All social cooperation on a larger scale than the most intimate social group requires a measure of coercion.
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Coercion Cooperation Groups
Great talents have some admirers, but few friends.
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Admirer Few Friends Talent
To be religious is not to feel, but to be.
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Feels Religious
The more complex the world situation becomes, the more scientific and rational analysis you have to have, the less you can do with simple good will and sentiment.
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Analysis Simple World
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
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Justice Politics World
Freedom is necessary for two reasons. It’s necessary for the individual, because the individual, no matter how good the society is, every individual has hopes, fears, ambitions, creative urges, that transcend the purposes of his society.
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Ambition Art Society Two
The nuclear age has refuted the idea of progress and Marxism has been refuted by Stalinism. Therefore people have returned to the historic religion.
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Age Ideas People
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.
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Goodness Love Power
If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.
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God Moral Revealed
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.
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Humans Intention Sin
The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.
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Historical Persistance Reckoning
Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer … Laughter is swallowed up in prayer and humour is fulfilled by faith.
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Facts Laughter Prayer
A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.
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Democracy Justice Republic
For democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.
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Democracy Method Problem
Civilization depends upon the vigorous pursuit of the highest values by people who are intelligent enough to know that their values are qualified by their interests and corrupted by their prejudices.
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Civilization Intelligent People Quality

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