DEMOCRACY
Illustration★★★★743. “Democracy is not simply politics, election by a majority, government by a parliament,” said Harry Emerson Fosdick. “It is also the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people and that if the doors of opportunity are thrown open wide enough surprising consequences will come from unlikely sources.”
The point
True democracy rests on faith that ordinary people have extraordinary possibilities when given opportunity and freedom.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Inspiring · Hopeful · Affirming
To tell aloud
under a minute · 80 words