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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inher

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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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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God
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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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alone
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God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. – Albert Einstein

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More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars – yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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It is not only the living who are killed in war. – Isaac Asimov

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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. – Wendell Phillips

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