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It has always surprised me how democracies are brittle and yet endurable. They are brittle because by their very nature they have to nourish opponents as well as proponents; so, it’s their endurance which surprises me.

Everyone doesn't have a right to his opinion. The person who doesn't know what he's talking about does not have a right to his own opinion. It's why I'm never too much in favor of getting everyone out to vote on election day. Some people are too dumb or know too little about the issues and I hate to have one of them negating or canceling out the vote of someone who has bothered to inform him- or herself.

Andy Rooney: Common Nonsense, PublicAffairs, New York, 2002.

Northern of the Twin Lakes, Gunbarrel, CO

with a view of Continental Divide.

The right for own opinion is not the same as to have one.