 | Cyrus Peirce, Arthur Orlo Norton - 1926 - 434 pages
...Republic had repeated again and again, in one form or another, an ignorant people cannot be a free people: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a...expects what never was and never will be" (Jefferson). "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm... | |
 | Edward Alsworth Ross, Mrs. Mary Edna McCaull Bohlman - 1926 - 434 pages
...this good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty. If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. . . . There is no safe deposit (for the functions of government) but with people themselves ; nor can... | |
 | Everett M. Hosman - 1926 - 224 pages
...of a government gives force to public opinion, it should be enlightened ". Thomas Jefferson said : " If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be". John Adams said: "Laws for the liberal education of youth. . . are so extremely wise and useful that,... | |
 | Edwin Cornelius Broome, Edwin W. Adams - 1926 - 456 pages
...the preservation of freedom and happiness than the diffusion of knowledge among people. If a people expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization it expects what never was and never will be. Preach a crusade against ignorance." In most states elementary education is made compulsory. This is... | |
 | Jerome Davis, Harry Elmer Barnes - 1927 - 1094 pages
...the way out is forward, not back. Jefferson said, "If a nation expects to be free and ignorant in the state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." The way out, therefore, is forward through education — the proper education for leisure. Failure... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - 1928 - 582 pages
...structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it should be enlightened. Thomas Jefferson. — If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. John Jay. — I consider knowledge to be the soul of the Republic, and as the weak and the wicked are... | |
 | 1921 - 482 pages
...schools without at the same time producing a cheap civilization. The real truth of Jefferson's statement, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be," has been realized emotionally but not financially by America. American educational duty cannot be performed... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - 1928 - 566 pages
...structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it should be enlightened. Thomas Jefferson. — If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. John Jay. — I consider knowledge to be the soul of the Republic, and as the weak and the wicked are... | |
 | Terry Roberts - 1998 - 147 pages
...access to a quality education—and will allow us to heed the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson when he said, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." The core curriculum of a rigorous liberal education empowers the students, faculty, and staff of a... | |
 | William W. Johnstone - 1998 - 340 pages
...essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Ben Franklin If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. — Thomas Jefferson Ben, Gale (who is now three months pregnant with twins), and his Rebels are traveling... | |
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. 
