Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinar

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton

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We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it can survive us knowing too much. – Robert Bianco

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