Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

n0ire wrote:

"Democracy is FRAGILE. Civil liberties are perishable at a whim, a breath. It has happened before. It can happen here.

It happens because we believe our institutions are strong enough to protect us. No, no, it is WE who must be strong enough to protect THEM."

[Editorial comment about this quote: over the past year I've seen pretty much the same thing said -- often in nearly the same words -- many, many times, by small-time-bloggers and big-name-columnists and folks in-between ... and mostly by historians. Although my own political leanings are not hard to discern from my journal, I do not feel this can be safely dismissed as a mere partisan-activist sound-bite.]