Flawed Democracy

Famous quotes containing the words flawed and/or democracy:

    “The imperfect is our paradise.
    Note that, in this bitterness, delight,
    Since the imperfect is so hot in us,
    Lies in flawed words and stubborn sounds.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “... democracy is not only service, action, brotherhood—it is spirit—spirit free, indefinable, all-pervasive, that holds us to its revelations even when we seek to escape them.”
    —Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)