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"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."
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"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."
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"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question."
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"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."
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"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
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"There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy."
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"Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself."
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"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."
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"The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy."
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"Don't worry if they're Democrats or Republicans. Give them service and they'll become Democrats."
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"Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear."
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"I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world."
People
"Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change - by using technology - but not change too much."
Change
"Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country."
Creativity
"Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them."
Friendship
"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."
Democracy
"Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now."
Technology
"So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply can't be controlled."
Technology
"I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever."
Rules
"Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school."
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"We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy."
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