Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter

“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” - Winston Churchill

And, where it all started:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Or, as Andrew Shepard noted in The American President,

“America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.”

It’s messy. It’s painful. It’s hard work. It’s worth it.

Have a terrific Friday and a great weekend! Me? I’ll be taking off early and having lunch with one of my favorite people, a - gasp - Republican with whom I don’t always agree! Amazin’ ain’t it?

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