A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.  In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important?  And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?

–– George Washington

You can find this quoted here.

This lines up nicely with my prescription to emphasize teaching philosophy and economics to our young.  These are precisely the areas of knowledge one would want to navigate a democracy with any monitary system (but especially any form of capitalism).