The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books but to go to God in prayer and obtain divine teaching.
In your hands or that of any other person so much power would no doubt be...
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.