i am so proud, so proud!
"Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between [people], and their beliefs — in religion, literature, colleges and schools — democracy in all public and private life …"
– Walt Whitman, on Democracy.
"[this victory is] the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day."
– Barack Obama, "This Is Your Victory"
ah, democracy, we did it! my country stood up and did the right thing after all these long, long years. i am so proud of everyone for this. thank you.