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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
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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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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Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down. – Joseph Smith, Jr.

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