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“but Sylvie steered away from labels. She wanted to be true to herself with every word she uttered, every action she took, and every belief she held. There”
― Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

“American democracy at its best is like that island of restored prairie. In a world where human diversity is often suppressed—where authoritarian regimes have kept people lined up like rows of cultivated corn, harvesting their labor and sometimes their lives to protect the interests of the state—the diversity that grows in a democracy delights the heart as well as the eye.”
― Parker J. Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit

“Embedded in the Constitution, says Ellis, is “an ongoing negotiation” in which all resolutions are tentative and no one part of the government holds the power to decide. This “deliberate blurring of sovereignty” is not “a fatal weakness” but “an abiding strength.” The genius of the Constitution is that it enshrines “an argumentative process in which no such thing as a last word would ever be uttered.”10”
― Parker J. Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit

“We grow up in educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, and as a result we become adults who treat politics as a spectator sport.”
― Parker J. Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit