; (3) 24 percent of young people in the United States, in 2018, think democracy is a bad or very bad way of running the country; (4) 35 percent think that army rule is a good way to run a government; and (5) a majority of those under 60 in the United States believe it is essential to live in a democracy; Whereas according to a study published by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, twice the percentage of college freshmen today (compared to the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s) support banning extreme speakers; Whereas according to a University of Pennsylvania Public Policy Center poll, nearly one-third of all individuals in the United States cannot name a single branch of our Government; Whereas the International Democracy Index recently labeled America as a flawed democracy , ranked 21st among democratic nations; Whereas Freedom House concluded Democracy as the world’s dominant form of government is under greater threat than at any point in the last 25 years. ; Whereas President John Adams warned that democracy never lasts long ; Whereas President George Washington said the United States must recognize the immense value of the national union and work toward its preservation with jealous anxiety and wrote that the security of a free Constitution may be accomplished by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights ; Whereas President Thomas Jefferson wrote, Educate and inform the whole mass of the people … . They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. ; Whereas the contemporary Oxford professor Stein Ringen observed, Democracy is not the default … it will disintegrate unless nurtured. ; Whereas former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said, The practice of democracy is not passed down through the gene pool. It must be taught and learned anew by each generation of citizens. ; Whereas President John F. Kennedy said, Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to effort, to sacrifice, and a willingness to live and die in its defense.