“Democracy is a slow process of stumbling to the right decision instead of going straight forward to the wrong one.”
― Anonymous
“Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could do only a little.”
― Edmund Burke
“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.”
― Rob Reiner
“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.”
― Barack Obama
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead
“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
― Thomas Jefferson