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In this context, social consensus, and institutions that embody this consensus, must be made effective in order for democratization not to be abused as a provisional instrument to establish an anti-democratic regime.
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
Christopher Alexander, Architect (1936) |
Clifton Davis, Actor (1945) |
Roy Evans, Athlete (1948) |
Brendan Gill, Critic (1914) |
Chuck Hagel, Politician (1946) |
Marv Harshman, Coach (1917) |
Barbara Johnson, Critic (1947) |
Joseph P. Kennedy III, Politician (1980) |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Soldier (1903) |
Buster Keaton, Actor (1895) |
Janis Joplin, Musician (1970) |