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The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and en

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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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

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