Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those elements in the region that are moving towards a reformed process and there are a number of them.
Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.
Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.
We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.