Behind closed doors Quote by Lewis H. Lapham Download Open image “Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.” — Lewis H. Lapham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behind closed doors Behinds Closed door Closed doors Death Democracy Dissent Doors Quiet Rescue
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation. — Damon Keith Copy Share Image
Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the voices of democracy are silenced, freedom becomes a hollow concept. No man or woman should be sentenced to the shadows of silence… — Al Neuharth Copy Share Image
Silence is consent. And silence where life and liberty is at stake, where by a timely protest we could stay the destoyer's hand, and… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The future turns out to be something that you make instead of find. It isn't waiting for your arrival, either with an arrest warrant or a band, nor is it any further away than the next sentence, the next best guess, the next sketch for the painting of a life portrait that might become a masterpiece. The future is an… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a capitalist is a fellow who, by definition, can ill afford to believe in anything other than the doctrine of the bottom line. Deprive a capitalist of his God-given right to lie and cheat and steal, and the poor… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share
We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
[For American consumer society], the country's reserves of ignorance constitute a natural resource as precious as the Mississippi River or the long-lost herds of… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
His administration apparently means to define itself as a television program instead of a government...I don't know if it can please both its sponsors… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song. — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a moment of… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
About the presence of death and dying I don't remember the society in the 1950s being so skittish as it has since become. People… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
“Eventually, Edgard said, “She doesn’t know anything about me. Not even that we were roping partners. Not that we were…” He looked at Trevor expectantly. “No.” Trevor quickly glanced at the living room where Chassie was chattering away. “You surprised?” “Maybe that she isn’t aware of our official association as roping partners. There was no shame in that. We were… — Lorelei James Copy Share
“The lawyers ceded their right to argue to case before the justices. A verdict would be rendered in secret, behind closed doors, with only the brief written by J. N. Flowers to serve as the defense for Martha Lum. J. K. Young would never stand in the courtroom. He would not be present for a decision that would determine the… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share
“International leaders in business, government, and nonprofit organizations whisper behind closed doors about the way visiting Americans live in their own bubbles without having much genuine interaction with their overseas counterparts, much less the locals. One senior foreign policy advisor told Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, “When we meet with American officials, they talk and we listen—we rarely disagree or speak… — David Livermore Copy Share
Sometimes the ones who seem the most holy in public are the ones hiding the most dirty of secrets behind closed doors. — Sashauni Aaeliyae Copy Share Image
Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money. — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
To all those I've loved I can't take this any more, By the time you read this, I'll be waiting at Hell's door. I'll be weeping as I cut my throat, But not for my worthless soul, I cry for the family I leave behind, And the friends left with a hole. Because it's for them I've been living, I… — Me Copy Share
One two, and you don't stop, yo, My eyes is sore, bein a senator, Behind closed doors hittin truth to the seafloor, The rich go North ignore, the tug of war, While the kids are poor, open new and better drug stores, So I became hardcore, couldn't take it no more, I'ma reveal EVERYTHING, change the law, I find myself,… — Wu Tang Copy Share
What you don't know is when she get home and get behind closed doors, man she hit the floor and what you can't see… — Mary Mary Copy Share Image
Seen too many ratchet ass hoes gettin sitcom. Behind closed doors all they do is suck d*ck. — Webbie Copy Share Image
“If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.” — Edward St. Aubyn Copy Share Image
If Im not good enough to be taken out in public. Im too good for you behind closed doors. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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