Quote(s) Of The Week - 6/2/22

[Blind faith in the resilience of democratic governance] “ignores the fact that the foundation of a strong democracy includes trust in institutions, experts, and government — and that this can be built up over decades but torn down in mere years. It ignores what happens when, regardless of how long your democracy has been tried and tested, facts are turned into fiction and fiction turned into fact. … It ignores the reality of what we are now being confronted by every single day.”

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in her Commencement Address before the graduates of Harvard University on May 26, 2022.