If The Democratic Nations Fail, Their Failure Must Be Partly Attributed To The Faulty Strategy Of Idealists Who Have Too Many Illusions When They Face Realists Who Have Too Little Conscience.

If The Democratic Nations Fail, Their Failure Must Be Partly Attributed To The Faulty Strategy Of Idealists Who Have Too Many Illusions When They Face Realists Who Have Too Little Conscience.

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... if the democratic nations fail, their failure must be partly attributed
to the faulty strategy of idealists who have too many illusions when
they face realists who have too little conscience.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr

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