“I vote because it's what small-d democracy is about. Because there are places where people fight for generations and stand for hours to cast a ballot knowing what we ought to remember: that it makes a difference. Not always a big difference. Not always an immediate difference. But a difference.” PeopleBigsRememberFightingHoursDifferencesKnowingDemocracyGenerationsOughtVoteCastsMaking A DifferenceBallots Author:Ellen Goodman
“You can forgive your leaders for not knowing the intricacies of Islamic history. You cannot forgive them for not knowing their own. And when you look at American democracy, where did it start? It started, if you need to pick a point, at Runnymede in 1215. We have now been at this process, we and our English-speaking allies, for 800 years.” IfsNeedsYearsLooksProcessLeaderKnowingDemocracyPicksForgivingIslamicAlliesNot KnowingAmerican DemocracyIntricacyEnglish Speaking Author:Michael Scheuer
“Such a small percentage of our population carry the burden of knowing what's really going on in our country's name, and I think that unless that's out in the open and people are discussing it, then our healthy democracy is not so healthy.” PeopleThinkingCountryNamesKnowingDemocracyHealthyPopulationBurdenOur CountryPercentagesDiscussing Author:Lisa Ling