Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
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Niebuhr, Reinhold. The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944.
Niebuhr, Reinhold. The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944.
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