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Cullen Hightower
Cullen Hightower

Cullen Hightower, a person of unclear identity, was born in 1923 and passed away on November 27, 2008. His life experiences and contributions are not well-documented, and more information is needed to understand his background. more

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“This insinuation of the interests of the self into even the most ideal enterprises and most universal objectives, envisaged in moments of highest rationality, makes hypocrisy an inevitable by product of all virtuous endeavor.”

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Book:Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)
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“The measure of our rationality determines the degree of vividness with which we appreciate the needs of other life, the extent to which we become conscious of the real character of our own motives and impulses, the ability to harmonize conflicting impulses in our own life and in society, and the capacity to choose adequate means for approved ends.”

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Book:Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)
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“While it is possible for intelligence to increase the range of benevolent impulse, and thus prompt a human being to consider the needs and rights of other than those to whom he is bound by organic and physical relationship, there are definite limits in the capacity of ordinary mortals which makes it impossible for them to grant to others what they claim for themselves.”

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Book:Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)
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