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> [Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy work the people must increasingly participate; they can't participate unless they understand; and the theater is one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/neither-should-the-theater-in-our-country-be-regarded-as-a-luxury-it/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

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## More by Hallie Flanagan

> [the power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/the-power-of-radio-is-not-that-it-speaks-to-millions-but-that-it/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

> [Art in America has always been regarded as a luxury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/art-in-america-has-always-been-regarded-as-a-luxury/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

> [Youth lives in an atmosphere of energy waiting to make contact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/youth-lives-in-an-atmosphere-of-energy-waiting-to-make-contact/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

> [Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy work the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/neither-should-the-theater-in-our-country-be-regarded-as-a-luxury-it/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

> [ \[To actors on opening night:\] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/to-actors-on-opening-night-you-have-had-good-equipment-to-work-with/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

> [The theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous; that is why it is instinctively feared by people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/the-theater-when-it-is-potent-enough-to-deserve-its-ancestry-is/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

> [Democracy ... is never won but always to be won.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallie-flanagan/democracy-is-never-won-but-always-to-be-won/)

[Hallie Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallie-flanagan/)

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