 | Dennis A. Trinkle, Scott A. Merriman - 2000
...legislation declared that the state had the responsibility to inspire an educated and literate citizenry. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never will be," Jefferson said.1 Jefferson's plan called for the development and support of public... | |
 | P. David Pearson, Rebecca Barr, Michael L. Kamil, Peter Mosenthal - 1996 - 1086 páginas
...his call for universal public schooling (for all white males) in literacy, arithmetic, and history. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a...state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be" (Jefferson, 1893, 221). From its rhetorical beginnings, federal attempts, first to influence... | |
 | Nancy J. Keane - 2002 - 217 páginas
...Group" or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/booktalkers. History and Social Studies: Introduction If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ... I know of no safe repository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and... | |
 | Gary Hart - 2002 - 304 páginas
...government, and educated citizens needed to participate in government to preserve and promote democracy. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization," he said in one of his most famous pronouncements, "it expects what never was and what never will be."131... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes - 2002 - 333 páginas
...still more. To A. Partridge, Monticello, Jan. 2, 1816 If a nation expects to be free and ignorant, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. To Charles Yancey, Monticello, Jan. 6, 1816 An acquaintance of fifty-two years, for I think ours dates... | |
 | Tony Seton - 2003 - 232 páginas
...meticulous reading of an early draft. They made it much more pliable for the rest. I — Gathering the News If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. — Thomas Jefferson A television news broadcast is a slice of life. On any given day, some stories... | |
 | Phil Fernandes, Rorri Wiesinger, Eric Purcell - 2003 - 244 páginas
...the obligation and responsibility to educate ourselves and be involved. As Thomas Jefferson stated: If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be... if we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to... | |
 | Donald G. Davis - 2003 - 250 páginas
...to his audience, saying "A great leader of our nation, far wiser than your speaker, wrote in 1816: 'If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.' '" This speech exemplifies the tenacity and passion with which he fought all the battles of his life.... | |
 | Fethullah Gülen, M. Fethullah Gülen - 2004 - 309 páginas
...renew and reform himself so as to set an example for others is truly human. Fethullah Giilen maintains, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." In education, he has inspired the use of mass media, notably television, to inform those without a... | |
 | Sean Shealy - 2004 - 172 páginas
...entrusted to the hands of the American people." George Washington United We Stand ... But Will You Stand? "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson Our conclusion can only be this: The present government is illegal, corrupt, treacherous,... | |
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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. 
