Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
Interpretation
Democracy must evolve and adapt to remain alive and effective.
Eleanor Roosevelt emphasizes that democracy is a dynamic process, requiring continuous change and adaptation to be functional and relevant. When a democratic system becomes stagnant and fails to progress, it risks losing its vitality and ceasing to serve the needs of its citizens.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech at a civic engagement event to inspire participation.
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.
The black man in North America was sickest of all politically. He let the white man divide him into such foolishness as considering himself a black 'Democrat,' a black 'Republican,' a black 'Conservative,' or a black 'Liberal' ...when a ten-million black vote bloc could be the deciding balance of power in American politics, because the white man's vote is almost always evenly divided.
If you want to preserve - I'm very serious now - if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started.
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.
The one state/two state debate is irrelevant as Israel and the US consolidate Greater Israel.
The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even on the continuity and professionalism of its foreign policy. France will be heeded if it has a message to convey. Faced with the temptations of laissez-faire, France must stand out as the nation with the imagination and determination to pursue an ambition that combines cogency with generosity.
It's too much show business and too much prompting, too much artificiality, and not really debates. They're rehearsed appearances.
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