What is open era?

Famous quotes containing the words era and/or open:

    “The era of long parades past an official podium filled with cold faces is gone. Celebrating is now a right, not a duty.”
    —Lothar De Maizière (b. 1940)

    “The Moor is of a free and open nature,
    That thinks men honest that but seem to be so,
    And will as tenderly be led by the nose
    As asses are.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)