Democracy
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“Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.” — Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World Revisited” Continue reading
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Voting
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting. ~Charles Bukowski Continue reading
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Democracy ~ Howard Zinn
“Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most Americans) reports mostly what the people in power do, and repeats what the people in power say, the public is badly informed, and it means we cannot really say we have a functioning… Continue reading
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Libraries
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” -Andrew Carnegie Continue reading
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Protest
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. — Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading
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Democracy
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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