"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
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“We can look forward to the day when the free flow of trade, from the southern reaches of Tierra del Fuego to the northern outposts of the Arctic Circle, unites the people of the Western Hemisphere in a bond of mutually beneficial exchange, when all borders become what the U.S.-Canadian border so long has been: a meeting place, rather than a dividing line.”
“The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
More on Democracy
“In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.”
“Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.”
“Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color”
More on Freedom
“Be like you thought our love would last too long, if it were chain'd together”
“The resolving of the ethical, is freedom; the negative resolution also has this, but the freedom, blank and bare, is as if tongue-tied, hard to express, and generally has something hard in its nature. Falling in love, however, promptly sets it to music, even if this composition contains a very difficult passage.”
“Expression and the right to express is vital, anyone can be artistic.”