Running the Country III
Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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I suspect that this principle of character also applies to the ability to refrain from chiming in when someone in the room is explaining something and you can’t resist what you think is a better explanation. I know that is certainly one of my challenges.
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ByHeatherNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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