 | Pat Morris Neff - 1925 - 334 halaman
...questions of these destiny-making days is the education of our people. Wisely did Thomas Jefferson say, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." I rejoice that our forefathers who died at the Alamo and who rode to fame on San Jacinto's triumphant... | |
 | 1925 - 666 halaman
...Farewell Address, "it is essential that public opinion be enlightened." So, also, Jefferson declared, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Of course the object of society is always its own well-being, but its conception of what really constitutes... | |
 | Alexander Farish Robertson - 1925 - 528 halaman
...the University of Virginia." In a letter to Mr. Yancey, dated January 6, 1816, Mr. Jefferson says: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and... | |
 | Edward Alsworth Ross, Mrs. Mary Edna McCaull Bohlman - 1926 - 434 halaman
...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...deposit (for the functions of government) but with people themselves ; nor can they be safe with them without information. Jefferson made a determined... | |
 | Everett M. Hosman - 1926 - 224 halaman
...structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it should be enlightened ". Thomas Jefferson said : " If a nation expects to be ignorant and free...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,... | |
 | Cyrus Peirce, Arthur Orlo Norton - 1926 - 434 halaman
...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...civilization it expects what never was and never will be" (Jefferson). "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors... | |
 | Edwin Cornelius Broome, Edwin W. Adams - 1926 - 456 halaman
...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... | |
 | Frank Waters Thomas - 1927 - 448 halaman
...propaganda in respect to government. It was peril of this character which Jefferson feared when he said, " If a nation expects to be ignorant and free...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Prompted by a similar realization was Washington's famous advice, " Promote, then, as an object of... | |
 | Jerome Davis, Harry Elmer Barnes - 1927 - 1094 halaman
...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 - 566 halaman
...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... | |
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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. 
