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Other Quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr
- The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.
- 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…
- God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the…
- Toleration of people who differ in convictions and habits requires a residual awareness of the complexity of truth and the possibility of opposing view having…
- There is no social evil, no form of injustice whether of the feudal or the capitalist order which has not been sanctified in some way…
- Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.
- 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…
- God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the…
- God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that can be changed, and the…
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
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