“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.” IfsDemocracyCapableResourcesLibraryConvictionUtilizingNational Intelligence Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives.” PeopleWould BeDemocracyMilitaryWillingConvictionStakesWorld War 2Democracies Have Author:Ernst Hanfstaengl
“Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side, its highest embodiment is the Bible; on the political side, the Constitution.” HumansSpiritualPoliticalSidesReligiousDemocracyHighestConstitutionFoundationConvictionHuman LifeRepublicTrendsRevivalEmbodimentSacrednessBedrock Author:Herbert Hoover
“Those of us who decided to work for democracy in Burma made our choice in the conviction that the danger of standing up for basic human rights in a repressive society was preferable to the safety of a quiescent life in servitude” HumansMadeChoicesDemocracyRightsDangerStandingDecidedSafetyHuman RightsConvictionServitudeOur ChoicesBurmaBasic Human Rights Author:Aung San
“There should be just no end to what we can do when we operate with the courage of our convictions and we get out there in the street, in the voting booth, we assert our power and we take our democracy back.” ShouldEndsCan DoDemocracyStreetsConvictionVoting Author:Jill Stein