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Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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The Constitution was made for ordinary people. ↗

— Pat Robertson

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Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death. ↗

— Socrates

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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. ↗

— Socrates

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I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh. ↗

— Alberto Sordi

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I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

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There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

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The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people. ↗

— Phil Gramm

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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

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There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control. ↗

— Edward Zwick

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