Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
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Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility.Reinhold Niebuhr
I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.
Reinhold Niebuhr
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
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All you earnest young men out to save the world . . . please, have a laugh.
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Humor is a prelude to faith and Laughter is the beginning of prayer.
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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.
Reinhold Niebuhr
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