Michael Moorcock (1939) English writer, editor, critic
Source: The Winds of Limbo aka The Fireclown (1965), Chapter 4 (p. 151)
“The reality is different. They are so matured as far as democracy is concerned, they rejected the color TV [promised by Congress]. They rejected the color TV, and they accepted a person who says that I'll serve the notice [to tax evaders]. And this is the strength of the democracy.”
2008, Speech, 14 January 2008
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