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> [My journey to public service began the morning after the 2016 election, when I faced the reality that democracy requires participation - not observation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-phillips/my-journey-to-public-service-began-the-morning-after-the-2016/)

[Dean Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-phillips/)

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> [“It was an idea that made the crucial difference between British and Iberian America – an idea about the way people should govern themselves. Some people make the mistake of calling that idea ‘democracy’ and imagining that any country can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-ferguson/it-was-an-idea-that-made-the-crucial-difference-between-british-and/)

[Niall Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-ferguson/)

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