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Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does require is a spirit of mutual respect-people conversing critically with one another in an atmosphere of honesty and shared regard.

William Greider

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William Greider
Age: 83 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 6
Died: 2019
Died: December 25
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William Harold Greider
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