{"id":131970,"date":"2016-11-08T07:27:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/quotations-on-an-election-day-part-1.html"},"modified":"2016-11-08T07:27:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T14:27:47","slug":"quotations-on-an-election-day-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/quotations-on-an-election-day-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Quotations on an Election Day, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ This is the affirmation on which democracy rests … [W]e can all be responsible … We become what we do. So does the world we live in, if enough of us do it — whether “it” be good or detestable. This is the burden of freedom: that it is all our fault or our credit.<\/p>\n

— Herbert Agar<\/b> (1897-1980) American journalist and historian
“The Perils of Democracy” (1966)
http:\/\/wist.info\/agar-herbert\/35561\/<\/a><\/p>\n

¶ The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.<\/p>\n

— Alexis de Tocqueville<\/b> (1805-1859) French writer and politician
Democracy in America,<\/i> Vol. 1, ch. 13 (1835)
http:\/\/wist.info\/tocqueville-alexis-de\/14232\/<\/a><\/p>\n

¶ Democracy does not give the people the most skillful government, but it produces what the ablest governments are frequently unable to create: namely, an all-pervading and restless activity, a superabundant force, and an energy which is inseparable from it and which may, however unfavorable circumstances may be, produce wonders.<\/p>\n

— Alexis de Tocqueville<\/b> (1805-1859) French writer and politician
Democracy in America,<\/i> Vol. 1, ch. 14 (1835) [tr. Reeve and Bowen (1862)]
http:\/\/wist.info\/tocqueville-alexis-de\/8354\/<\/a><\/p>\n

¶ I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it beats breaking them.<\/p>\n

— Learned Hand<\/b> (1872-1961) American jurist
“Democracy: Its Presumptions and Realities” (1932)
http:\/\/wist.info\/hand-learned\/1765\/<\/a><\/p>\n

¶ Let us not be mistaken: the best government in the world, the best parliament and the best president, cannot achieve much on their own. And it would be wrong to expect a general remedy from them alone. Freedom and democracy include participation and therefore responsibility from us all.<\/p>\n

— Václav Havel<\/b> (1936-2011) Czech playwright, essayist, dissident, politician
“New Year’s Address to the Nation” (1 Jan 1990)
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