Democracy is Resilient
“Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind—even it your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. Well-aimed slingshots can topple giants.“
Maggie Kuhn, No Stone Unturned: the Life and Times of Maggie Kuhn (1991), 159.
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