“Democracy is about participation in the first place. And with participation comes responsibility for decisions and actions.”

—  Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

"Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader Of The Democracy Movement In Belarus" in Faces of Democracy https://www.faces-of-democracy.org/sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya/ (6 July 2021)

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