Democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Democracy Political theory Politics

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr

Source

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Definition

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 highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

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Medium
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Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

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A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson

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Adlai Stevenson
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1952 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Stevenson, Adlai. "Safeguards Against Communism." 7 Oct. 1952, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA.

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

George Bernard Shaw

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Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
Everybody's Political What's What?
Genre
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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.

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When a man spends the least possible number of movements over one definite action, that is grace.

Anton Chekhov

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Grace

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Anton Chekhov
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Letter to Alexi Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 Jan. 1899.

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