There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Democracy requires consistent engagement from citizens every day.
- In plain terms
- You must be a citizen daily for democracy to survive.
- What can you take from it?
- Engage daily to sustain democracy.
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