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“There's a small handful of very wealthy and powerful people who actively strategize and spend a lot of money (numbers with multiple commas) to make sure that you ignore politics and neglect your privileges that come with being an American citizen.”
― Emily Amick, Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

“It's no coincidence that the eras most frequently fetishized by extremist politicians are the ones associated with disenfranchisement and lack of civil rights.”
― Emily Amick, Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

“Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all.”
― Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

“You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms.... You need to be preparing yourself to add your voice to our national conversation. You need to prepare yourself to be informed and engaged as a citizen, to serve and to lead, to stand up for our proud American values and to honor them in your daily lives.' - Michelle Obama”
― Emily Amick, Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives