"Democracy is not something we have. It's something we do."

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Source : "Character: Doris Haddock". "Run Granny Run", 2007.

Doris "Granny D" Haddock

#Democracy Quotes

“How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!”
“I do not have the right to vote in Germany. From a Polish perspective, I say: it would be good if Ms. Merkel were reelected.”

Source : Source: uk.businessinsider.com
“The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind.”
“I had a wife that did not want me to have a singular regret about chasing my dream, which helped me tremendously. I did not want to have a singular regret. I always held out hope that it was going to turn for the better. That's always what motivated me was hope.”

Source : "Master of the Knuckleball". Interview with Jeremy Stahl, www.slate.com. October 29, 2012.
“you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.”
“Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.”
“This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough”

Source : Mary Hunter Austin, Marjorie Pryse (1987). “Stories from the Country of Lost Borders”, p.56, Rutgers University Press
“Reagan was an exceedingly likeable guy, just a heck of a nice fellow, despite his politics. He was funny and loved a good joke, the dirtier, I'm afraid the more ethnic, the better. I don't think he brought very much to the presidency, except charisma and success.”

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