Lewis H. Lapham Quotes about Democracy

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Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Doors, Democracy, Quiet

Lewis H. Lapham (2004). “Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy”, p.162, Penguin

Democracy is born in dirt, nourished by the digging up and turning over as much of it as can be brought within reach of a television camera or subpoena.

Lewis H. Lapham

Democracy, Cameras, Digging

The practice of our democracy depends on a sense of, and knowledge of, history in the same way that playing in the World Series requires a bat and a ball.

Lewis H. Lapham

Practice, Democracy, Bats

Lewis H. Lapham Quotes about Democracy

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