"If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent."

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Source : "Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent". Book by Henry Steele Commager, 1954.

Henry Steele Commager

#Government Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“My first official music video for "Who Am I." It's getting crazy traffic and a lot of hype. I got sponsored by a company called MATIX because of it.”
“The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.”
“I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.”

Source : "Shenanigans: get to know Rep.Jared Polis". Interview by Anne Schroeder Mullins, www.politico.com. December 01, 2009.
“Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have of yourself.”
“A [person] who Never quits is never defeated.”
“Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way.”
“It's no use analyzing your life the whole time. Those analyses won't help you when you're dead”
“Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.”

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