“Democracy is a Government ‘of the People: ‘for (all) the People’ and ‘by the People’.” – Abraham Lincoln.
“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many, for appointment by the corrupt few.” – George Bernard Shaw.
“Democracy is an organized conflict-based decision system which allows for reaching a good decision at that moment and then to keep continuously improving on it.” – David Eagleman.
“When you know that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing, when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods but in favours, when you see that men get rich more easily by graft rather than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them but protect them against you … You know that your society is doomed!” – Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged
Unless you decide to begin to do something about it. Starting with you – NOW and working with others of like mind.
“Democracy may not be the ideal form of Government, but it is definitely better than any of the alternatives.” – Winston Churchill
“The framers of the ‘Bill of Rights’ did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the ‘Bill of Rights’ to prohibit (the) Government from infringing on the rights and liberties presumed to be pre-existing.” – William J. Brennan Jr.
“That which cannot be done perfectly must be done in a manner as near perfection as can be. If exactness cannot, from the nature of things, be attained, then the nearest practicable approach to exactness ought to be made.” – Daniel Webster
“A Nation is at any moment readily defined by its Political Parties in power. But it is also, defined by the political opinions it harbours in its streets and living rooms. A comprehensive understanding of a Nation must include those Parties that are not in power but that could rise in the right circumstances.” – David Eagleman
“There is no such thing as Public opinion. There is only published opinion” – Winston Churchill
Hence, proper, regular and effective interaction with the media is essential.