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I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more important or less important.

— William Eggleston

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.

— Julian Castro

Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.

— Peggy Noonan

You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it is an essence of action.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

— John Maynard Keynes

If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.

— Jill Stein

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

— Plato

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

— Will Rogers

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

— Ibrahim Babangida

✗Opposing Perspectives

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context.

— John N. Mitchell

I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.

— Carly Fiorina