; Whereas President Ronald Reagan said, Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. ; Whereas Congressman John R. Lewis said in his final words to the United States, Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself. ; Whereas World War II demonstrated the fragility of democracy and the civilized life that accompanies democracy; Whereas British Prime Minister Winston Churchill observed that, Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time … ; Whereas President George Washington said the United States must recognize the immense value of the National Union and work towards preservation of that Union 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. ; and Whereas the Government of the United States must teach and educate the people by taking appropriate actions to highlight and emphasize the importance of democratic principles and civility in the freedoms and way of life enjoyed by the people of the United States: Now, therefore, be it