"The importance of the ordinary citizen is very greatly underestimated - not so much by those in authority as by the ordinary citizen himself."

-- Jan Struther

#Democracy Quotes #Ordinary Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“Our aspirations are our possibilities.”
“All speech, action and behavior are fluctuations of consciousness. All life emerges from, and is sustained in, consciousness. The whole universe is the expression of consciousness. The reality of the universe is one unbounded ocean of consciousness in motion.”
“We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments.”

Source : Jeffery Deaver (1997). “The Bone Collector”, Viking Press
“Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.”
“In America, there seems to be more focus on the idea that it's important to do things differently. In Britain, it's not an issue.”
“America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things.”
“All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.”

Source : Samuel Adams (1906). “The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1770-1773”
“We're all working hard, but so far away from what we actually want to be doing. We're all peering in at the window of a party we aren't invited to yet, a party we wouldn't know how to dress for, or what kind of conversation to make, even if we came as someone's guest.”

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