We thank such men as Nicholas V and many another of his ilk for the Vatican Library, the British Museum, the numberless foreign museums; we owe a debt to our nation for our own Congressional Library, to say nothing of the smaller ones that, through the public spirit of generous citizens, have opened their doors to our people and done so much to educate and democratize our country."
"Paul and the Printing Press"
Sara Ware Bassett
Patriots, in their turn, believed that they were being called upon to assume the "white man's burden" and to civilize and democratize the world.
"The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America"
Norman Coombs
He never had an imperious young autocrat to democratize.
"The Prairie Mother"
Arthur Stringer