There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.
Reinhold NiebuhrGoodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.
Reinhold NiebuhrOur dreams of bringing the whole of human history under the control of the human will are ironically refuted by the fact that no group of idealists can easily move the pattern of history toward the desired goal of peace and justice. The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.
Reinhold Niebuhr