Since I barely have the concentration to read lately, much of what I do read is fairly accessible — mysteries, bestselling fiction, middle-grade and YA, etc.
I'm not surprised to find the following passage in a middle-grade novel; just surprised by its acute relevance more than a decade after its original publication.
"They were afraid of the riots and the turmoil, the messiness of democracy. ... Democracy, my young friend, will always be at the mercy of those who say things run much easier and smoother without it! Just let us do our jobs, they say, without all this turmoil."
— Carol Matas, Behind Enemy Lines, page 67
A fine idea to remember in these increasingly authoritarian days.
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