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Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed

Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work. – Michael Novak

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We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord. – Michael Novak

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People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a very different thing. – Walter H. Judd

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I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular election. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. – Carl Sandburg

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Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. – Sydney J. Harris

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What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance. – Barbara Jordan

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