"Too many people expect wonders from democracy,..." - Quote by Walter Winchell
Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
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“Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.”
“One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need to keep the American people safe and our concerns about privacy. Because there are some trade-offs involved. I welcome this debate, and I think it's healthy for our democracy.”
“A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government.”
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“There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.”
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
“Bad art is never really enjoyed in the same sense in which good art is enjoyed. It is only "liked": it never startles, prostrates, and takes captive.”