We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.
Education is the cornerstone of our communities and our country.
Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.
We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn.
We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own.