"As democracy modifies our conception of life, it constantly raises the value and function of each member of the community, however humble he may be."

Next Quote

The oppressed without hope are mysteriously quiet. When the conception of change is beyond the limits of the possible, there are no words to articulate discontent so it is sometimes held not to exist. This mistaken belief arises because we can only grasp silence in the moment in which it is breaking.

— Sheila Rowbotham