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Margaret Atwoodborn 1939

The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.

Margaret Atwood on democracy

The Progressive interview (2010)

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Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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