Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems. Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
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Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger, it steels our courage more than anything else.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

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    Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

    Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

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    Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.

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    Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

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