What is needed of the people in a democracy

Was going over an article on psychology of democracy and author discuss the role of character in american political ideal and a few things sounded interesting, I am gonna list them here and expand more with my opinion later.

• Advancing the ideal of "liberty and justice for all" requires a virtuous citizenry
• Thomas Jefferson:
  "democracy depends upon the cultivation of "public-spiritedness" which will not flourish spontaneously, but must be taught."
• Benjamin Franklin:
  "only a virtuous people are capable of freedom"
• Theodore Roosevelt:
  "educating a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
• Alexis de Tocqueville:
  It is clear that moral character is part of democratic functioning." Unfortunately, the development of democratic character has been neglected for generations.