“In 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar, the Second President of the Republic of Texas and the Father of Texas education, declared: 'The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.'” MenMindDesireFatherPresidentEducationDemocracySecurityGeniusAcknowledgeRepublicTexasDictatorGuardianFree Man Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
“Education is 'the guardian genius of our democracy.' Nothing really means more to our future, not our military defenses, not our missiles or our bombers, not our production economy, not even our democratic system of government. For all of these are worthless if we lack the brain power to support and sustain them.” IfsMeanGovernmentBrainEducationSupportEconomyDemocracyMilitaryGeniusDemocraticProductionsDefenseOur FutureWorthlessGuardianReally MeanMissilesBombersSystems Of GovernmentBrain Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Our fathers and grandfathers who poured over the Midwest were self-reliant, rugged, God-fearing people of indomitable courage...They asked only for freedom of opportunity and equal chance. In these conceptions lies the real basis of American democracy. They and their fathers give a genius to American institutions that distinguished our people from any other in the world.” PeopleWorldGivingRealSelfLyingFatherOpportunityChanceDemocracyGeniusEqualBasesInstitutionsConceptionGrandfatherDistinguishedOur FatherMidwestRuggedAmerican DemocracySelf ReliantIndomitableFathers And Grandfathers Author:Herbert Hoover
“The Democrats are very bad at selling their own product. The Republicans are geniuses at it. And I've said it before, a bad product well apologized for is superior in this country to a good product.” WellsSaidCountryDemocracyProductsGeniusRepublicanDemocratSuperiorsSelling Author:Bill Maher
“In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.” ResultsAcceptingDemocracyIssuesWillingGeniusPlentyWinnerLoser Author:Dick Gephardt