Damon Keith quotes

“Democracies die behind closed doors.”
-- Damon Keith

Source : "Judge Damon J. Keith – Part 2". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. March 30, 2015.

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“Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation.”
-- Damon Keith

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“We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.”

“There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.”

“Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.”

Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.20, Lulu.com

“Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.”

“Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.”

“The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, Thomas Sprat (1710). “The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley ...: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed, and Those which He Design'd for the Press, Publish'd Out of the Author's Original Copies ; with The Cutter of Coleman-street”, p.179

“Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where noone notices the contrast of white on white.”

“You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.”

“The goal of a great democracy should be fulfillment, not ease. It should be adequacy, not serenity.”

“We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.