Demands many things - like passion, and educators with passionate involvement in their subjects. Those afraid to offend cannot educate.

If you try to please everyone, because you believe everyone to have equally worthwhile opinions, you wind up pleasing no one. Democracies have certain basic contradictions. People who grow up in democratic societies, and embrace their myths, often have trouble challenging themselves away from those ideals - even when they need to.

Some leaders don't really believe in the ideals they are supposed to lead with. They aren't very challenging. This makes them poor leaders.