 | Christopher Robbins - 2000 - 408 páginas
...informed and concerned individuals. He had been impressed by a statement made by Thomas Jefferson: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." As he thought more about the necessity of an educated citizenry and the importance of learning, his... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 páginas
...possible only in proportion to the degree of the enlightenment of its citizens. As Jefferson wrote, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a...civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."18 Calhoun speaks of the necessity for a people to become more perfectly acquainted with "the nature... | |
 | Dennis A. Trinkle, Scott A. Merriman - 2000 - 294 páginas
...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, Elizabeth B. Moje, Peter Afflerbach, Patricia Enciso, Nonie K. Lesaux - 1984 - 1108 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... | |
 | Gary Hart - 2002 - 305 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 - 376 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 - 229 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 - 246 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... | |
 | Fethullah Gülen - 2004 - 364 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... | |
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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. 
