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Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
Thomas Campbell, Poet (1777) |
Vincent Canby, Critic (1924) |
Donald Evans, Public Servant (1946) |
Peggy Fleming, Athlete (1948) |
Bobbie Gentry, Musician (1944) |
Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic (1916) |
Juliana Hatfield, Musician (1967) |
Norman Lear, Producer (1922) |
Carol Leifer, Comedian (1956) |
Richard Aldington, Writer (1962) |
John Dalton, Scientist (1844) |
Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1986) |