{"quotes":[{"text":"While a democratic process is morally desirable for arriving at a decision, it doesn’t necessarily produce the best outcomes.","author":"Pawan Mishra","tags":["democracy","democratic","democratic-process","desirable","outcomes"],"id":124381,"author_id":"Pawan+Mishra"},{"text":"Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one’s beloved extended community.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["2016-presidential-race","accountability","beloved-community","civic-duty","civic-responsibility","civic-virtue","civil-disobedience","communities","democracy","democratic-process","discourse-on-a-better-world","discourse-on-democracy","discourse-on-freedom","editorials-on-democracy","emigrants","gun-laws","gun-violence","human-rights","immigration","leadership","leadership-characteristics","leadership-theory","national-history-day","peace","peace-on-earth","police-culture","police-reform","political-art","political-chaos","political-commentary","political-ethics","political-philosophy","political-poets","political-posters","political-rights","political-theory","postered-poetics-by-aberjhani","practicing-democracy","presidential-election","right-to-vote","sustainable-living","teaching-democracy","voting"],"id":278928,"author_id":"Aberjhani"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}