We should not become so ashamed of the disappointments and travesties of democracy that we become ashamed of the idea itself. It is the outer reflection of our self-acceptance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.
It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.
Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.
If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.
We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.