The naïve faith of the proletarian is the faith of the man of action. Rationality belongs to the cool observers. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

The naïve faith of the proletarian is the faith of the man of action. Rationality belongs to the cool observers.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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