When Benjamin Franklin was asked after a session of the Constitutional Convention, ""What kind of a government have you given us?""
he replied, ""A democracy, if you can keep it.""
Our republic is founded on the principle that it will continue only as long as the people keep democracy alive.
With each political campaign, the people who vote keep democracy alive.
Each citizen who participates in community affairs is keeping democracy alive.
Every act of mercy and helpfulness, every word spoken for freedom, keeps the democratic spirit alive.
Democracy is maintained by passing it on from one generation to another in the school, in place of worship, in the home.
At every stage, it must be strengthened. Let us therefore resolve to give to our successors a stronger republic than was passed on to us.
-- Thomas A. Watson
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