Societies spoiled by a too comfortable democracy tend to have leaders who view culture as an expense rather than an asset. This is when a country’s slide to oblivion begins. - 10-04-08

Through democracy the finest forms of freedom of expression are possible. And yet our contemporary democracy’s paranoia, its ever-increasing penchant for "imposition of itself", for imposing world regulation and rule and law on everyone else will undoubtedly damage and even destroy its very own essence - its capacity to be creative and hold dear self expression. Democracy need not fear exterior threatening sources. It is its own worst enemy. - 04

Without a belief system and a strong set of values, all democracies fail. - 96

If freedom is being able to express yourself in the townsquare without fear of reprisal then we should be wary of the fewer and fewer town squares being incorporated into the designs of our cities. - 03-12-04