Quote by Studs Terkel
Im not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibi

Im not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, Yes, we are part of a world. – Studs Terkel

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I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it. – Studs Terkel

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Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude into the lives of innocent Americans. When government uses the telephone companies to create massive databases of all our phone calls it has gone too far. – Studs Terkel

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Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence – providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. – Studs Terkel

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