A Quote by Lewis H. Lapham

Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Lewis H. Lapham

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Behind Behind Closed Doors Closed Closed Doors Death Democracy Dissent Doors Quiet

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Lewis H. Lapham
American - Editor
Born: January 8, 1935

You don't have Republicans and Democrats behind closed doors. We have people passionate about national security behind closed doors. And I think that's the way that it should be.

James Lankford

I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?

Brenda Blethyn

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

Joyce Maynard

Magic is not so much something which you do occasionally behind closed doors or in the space behind your closed eyes, but a way of living your life — a way of approaching the world you move through and everything in it.

Phil Hine

I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.

Randi Zuckerberg

Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation.

Damon Keith

Behind closed doors they had what were legendary battles I hear but when the doors opened there was absolute unity. Not a crack could be found. No separation whatsoever. They were locked together for the good of the community.

Maynard Jackson

Behind closed doors, I'm a crafty person.

Raven-Symone

Democracies die behind closed doors.

Damon Keith

I almost died, secretly, behind closed doors.

Stephen Baldwin

You never know what goes on behind closed doors.

Belinda Carlisle

What consenting adults do behind closed doors is not my business.

Shelley Berkley

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.