Conviction Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with…

— Harry S. Truman

The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has…

— James Russell Lowell

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for…

— Jimmy Carter

Democracy is the product of human thought and reasoning. It's true that philosophers and thinkers have always imagined a utopia in which everything is…

— Simin Behbahani

The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how…

— John Ralston Saul

Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve.

— Anthony Scaramucci

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.

— Herbert Croly

Democracy elevates by turning ordinary people into extraordinary ordinary people called celebrities.

— Florence King