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Justice and democracy, a critical link

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Naomi

“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” —Reinhold Niebuhr, in The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944)

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