This insinuation of the interests of the self into even the most ideal enterprises and most universal objectives, envisaged in moments of highest rationality, makes hypocrisy an inevitable by product of all virtuous endeavor.
Reinhold NiebuhrThe mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.
Reinhold NiebuhrHuman Beings are just good enough to make democracy possible...just bad enough to make it neccessary.
Reinhold Niebuhr