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Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

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

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.