Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Democracy Political theory Human nature Politics

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr

Source

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Theologian Christian Writer

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United States

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Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944.

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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

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Everybody's Political What's What?
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Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Shaw, George Bernard. Everybody's Political What's What? Constable & Company/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944, ch. 30.

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The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away.

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Barry Goldwater
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Another quote from 1944

History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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History

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George Orwell
Source
As I Please Tribune
Medium
Article Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.