Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.
Reinhold NiebuhrThe churches that are most obviously democratic are most obviously given to race prejudice. I mean the churches that have absolute congregational control.
Reinhold NiebuhrNationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.
Reinhold NiebuhrThe separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or with the religious prophet. There must be a realm of truth beyond political competence, that's why there must be a separation of churches, but if religion is bad and a bad religion is one that gives an ultimate sanctity to some particular cause. Then religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.
Reinhold Niebuhr