Aspire Quote by J. William Fulbright

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

— Vladimir Putin

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own.

— William Greider

There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we…

— John F. Kennedy

Democracy, like life, is hard to learn and doesn't have a teacher,

— Jose Gonzalez

Since the founding of our nation, our democracy has been the beacon of hope and the standard by which other countries look to.

— Jeff Van Drew

You can't have a democracy when people don't learn to put themselves in the shoes of another person, who can't think what their policies…

— Martha Nussbaum

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.

— Agnes Repplier

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

— James E. Rogers

The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make our own…

— Raj Patel

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

— Eskinder Nega

The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation…

— Carl F. H. Henry