🌎 Democracy: A Promise and a Challenge - Clarence Darrow🌎
"Anybody can become President." by Clarence Darrow.
It’s a statement full of both promise and warning.
Democracy is a radical experiment—a powerful idea that ordinary people, through their collective will, can shape the destiny of a nation. But it also comes with a profound responsibility. It assumes that we, the people, can see beyond the superficial, beyond the spectacle, to the substance beneath. It assumes that we can choose leaders not just for their charisma or their promises, but for their ability to govern wisely.
In this age of instant information and viral outrage, it’s easy to mistake popularity for principle. But let’s remember that while anyone can seek power, not everyone should wield it.
🗳️ Choose leaders of character and vision.
🗣️ Demand integrity over influence.
💡 Seek out those who call us to our better angels.
Democracy is not just a right, it is a responsibility—a trust placed in our hands by those who came before, and a gift we hold for those who will come after. It is both a promise and a challenge, and it is up to us to rise to it.
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