![The best defence [for a democracy, for the public good] is aggressiveness, the aggressiveness of the involved citizen. We need to reassert that slow, time-consuming, inefficient, boring process that requires our involvement; it is called 'being a citizen.' The public good is not something that you can see. It is not static. It is a process. It is the process by which democratic civilizations build themselves.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-best-defence-for-a-democracy-for-the-public-good-is-aggressiveness-the-ag.jpg)
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