Civilization depends upon the vigorous pursuit of the highest values by people who are intelligent enough to know that their values are… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I know that the Communists are atheistic and godless, but I don't think that that's what's primarily the matter with them. What's… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I think I should know how to educate a boy, but not a girl; I should be in danger of making her… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
We don't properly discriminate. We never discriminate properly when we're dealing with another group and one of the big problems about religion… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude that I have toward Christians, and would be governed by a very orthodox… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
One of the fundamental points about religious humility is you say you don't know about the ultimate judgment. It's beyond your judgment.… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I don't know whether any religious leader would say that we must ultimately win, because we're on God's side. If they do… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude that I have toward Christians, and would be governed by a very orthodox… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
We have to risk a nuclear war in order to escape capitulation to Communism. For all I know, we may stumble into… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness and ``the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Perhapsthemost sublimeinsights oftheJewishprophets and the Christian gospel is the knowledge that since perfection is love, the apprehension of perfection is at once the means… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect in his… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Liberalism makes this mistake in regard to private property and Marxism makes it in regard to socialized property... The Marxist illusion is partly derived… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Human beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
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… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The pretensions of final truth are always partlyan effort to obscure a darkly felt consciousness of the limits of human knowledge. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
All social cooperation on a larger scale than the most intimate social group requires a measure of coercion. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
When a church reaches up beyond its group and tries to enforce its standards upon a society that doesn't accept these standards, and perhaps… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
