Founding fathers Quote by Ben Carson

“Being surrounded by educated people makes democracy stronger, and it benefits our entire economy.”

— Seth Godin

“So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people.” “That’s democracy.”

— Ken Follett

“Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated.”

— Carl Sagan

“America: An ongoing experiment in democracy controlled largely by insanely wealthy people. And that's just the way we like it, thank you very much.”

— James Napoli

“These various remedies, eugenic, educational, ethical, populist and socialist, all assume that either the voters are inherently competent to direct the course of affairs…

— Walter Lippmann

“Democracy is a system were ignorants choose a government, comunism is a system where ignorants govern themselves.”

— Daniel Delgado F

“Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to…

— Gordon S. Wood

“Democracy means perfect equality of opportunity, especially in education; not the rotation of every Tom, Dick and Harry in public office.”

— Will Durant

“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases, to open…

— Dan Rather

“Democracies don't even withstand formally half educated citizens. Courtesy, respect, and sensibility don't tend to ethical sense. Nature nurtures, if compared to most good…

— Anonymous

“The most baffling mystery about American democracy is why putting such a brilliant idea into practice seems to attract all the wrong people.”

— David Gustafson

“Literate, affluent, self-confident people do not like living under either dictatorship or chaos. As more nations move into modernity and find themselves populated with…

— Oliver H. Woshinsky