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Reinhold Niebuhr

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

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Niebuhr is saying that people today respond to events or ideas mainly by opposing them, rather than thinking carefully or finding balance. This causes society to swing wildly between very different or opposite positions without steady progress.

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