The best defense against democracy is to distract people.

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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise. ― Frank Ocean

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The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. -James Buchanan

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One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

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If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed. - James Buchanan

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I like the noise of democracy. - James Buchanan

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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

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What is right and what is practicable are two different things. -James Buchanan

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What's more toxic than what they have done, think, or have said about you is how you let your mind receive it. In a world as ours filled with so much noise and hate, what suffers the most is our minds. Know when to keep your mind shut! ― Chinonye J. Chidolue

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