The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. – Reinhold Niebuhr
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love. – Reinhold Niebuhr
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. – Reinhold Niebuhr
Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. – Reinhold Niebuhr