"Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors."

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Source : Lewis H. Lapham (2004). “Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy”, p.162, Penguin

Lewis H. Lapham

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“My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses.”
“Some of my greatest role models are the young children who ask the right questions - who will sit down and share their concerns. They're not just learning from me - they're educating me. That's what drives me.”

Source : "The Pioneer". Interview with Erik Kancler, www.motherjones.com. April 25, 2005.
“It's so funny because you think you're attracted to this bad boy. They do whatever they want, but you don't really want that. You don't want someone who's out on a tour bus, sleeping around with different people and getting wasted.”

Source : "Malin Akerman Talks Rock of Ages, the Stalled Linda Lovelace Movie, and Playing Debbie Harry in CBGB". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 16, 2012.
“Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived.”
“Age, with shamefaced relief, has learned the solvent quality of Time. It is this quality which makes possible the contemplation of certain embarrassing heavenly reunions ...”
“Was true love when you wanted to slap someone and kiss him madly at the same time?”
“I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I wasn't a joiner. You know, I love the people I love. I didn't care whether - they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist, you know, and anything but a racist.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“The standard is clear. If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing, or doing that thing...Because we estrange the Spirit of the Lord when we engage in activities we know we should shun, then such things definitely are not for us.”

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