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Quotes from The Children of Light and The Children of Darkness — Reinhold Niebuhr

1892–1971 United States

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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

The Children of Light and The Children of Darkness (1944)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Reinhold Niebuhr (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.