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

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Political literature Philosophical literature

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Definition

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Theologian Christian Writer

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United States

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

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Medium
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Language
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Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Sartre, Jean Paul. Huis-clos [No Exit]. May 1944, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 5.

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