It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.

Pops added,"you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve.""And if you do, you never get the results you expected," (Katherine) replied.

Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.

Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.

...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected.

There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body.