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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The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!

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Karl Marx
Source
Critique of the Gotha Programme
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Kritik des Gothaer Programms [Critique of the Gotha Programme]. Berlin: Friedrich Engels, 1891, pt. 1.

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Marx, Karl. Critique of the Gotha Program, translated by Kevin B. Anderson. PM Press, 2022, pt. 1.

Another quote from 1944

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

George Bernard Shaw

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Redistribution of wealth

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George Bernard Shaw
Source
Everybody's Political What's What?
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Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Citation

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