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The fierce urgency of now

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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary...

Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary (NYC) for more than 30 years. Niebuhr was one of America's leading public intellectuals for several decades of the 20th century and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.