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The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or with the religious prophet. There must be a realm of truth beyond

The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or with the religious prophet. There must be a realm of truth beyond political competence, that's why there must be a separation of churches, but if religion is bad and a bad religion is one that gives an ultimate sanctity to some particular cause. Then religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Religious, America, Giving
ABC TV Interview with Mike Wallace, www.hrc.utexas.edu. April 27, 1958.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Giving, Serenity, Grace
"Serenity Prayer". Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr, 1951.

You can't say that religion or irreligion will give us a particular answer to the nuclear dilemma.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Giving, Answers, Nuclear
Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

There must be a realm of truth beyond political competence, that's why there must be a separation of churches, but if religion is bad and a bad religion is one that gives an ultimate sanctity to some particular cause.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Giving, Political, Church
Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

I think there is and ultimate answer in a true religious faith, but it doesn't give you any immediate answers, it doesn't.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Religious, Thinking, Giving
Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

I thank heaven I have often had it in my power to give help and relief, and this is still my greatest pleasure. If I could choose my sphere of action now, it would be that of the most simple and direct efforts of this kind.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Simple, Giving, Effort

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