" Niebuhr] is one of my favorite philosophers. the sense we have to make these efforts knowing they are hard."--President Barack Obama Forged during the tumultuous but triumphant postwar years when America came of age as a wor. . .
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But we shouldn\'t use that as an excuse for cynicism and inaction.
And we should be humble and modest in our belief we can eliminate those things.
I take awayfrom his works] the compelling idea that there\'s serious evil in the world, and hardship and pain. " Niebuhr] is one of my favorite philosophers