NIEBUHR, REINHOLD : The role of religion should be to inculcate a sense not of infallibility but of humility. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

NIEBUHR, REINHOLD : Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

NIEBUHR, REINHOLD : O God, give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed; courage to change what should be changed; and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

NIEBUHR, REINHOLD : Man's capacity for evil makes democracy necessary and man's capacity for good makes democracy possible. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

NIEBUHR, REINHOLD : The role of religion should be to inculcate a sense not of infallibility but of humility. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

NIEBUHR, REINHOLD : Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makesdemocracy necessary. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)