Reinhold Neibuhr: Democracy
Democracy is possible...and necessary
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KISWAHILI
“Uwezo wa mwanadamu wa haki hufanya demokrasia iwezekane; lakini mwelekeo wa mwanadamu huelekea ukosefu wa haki hufanya demokrasia kuwa lazima.”
- Reinhold Neibuhr (1882-1971), Mwanatheolojia wa Kiprotestanti wa Marekani na mwanaharakati wa kisiasa.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
- Reinhold Neibuhr (1882-1971), American Protestant theologian and political activist.
Asante na tutaonana tena (Thank you and may we see each other again),
Mmerikani
Chanzo (source): Niebuhr, Reinhold. The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness foreword, 1944. In The New Yale Book of Quotations, edited by Fred R. Shapiro, page 589. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2021. Kindle edition.