Quotation by

Reinhold Niebuhr

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Family

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Niebuhr is saying that treating family relationships strictly by fairness or rules is not enough to keep them strong. Instead, family bonds depend on a deeper care and affection that sometimes requires going beyond what is simply fair.

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