Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. T
  4. Thomas Jefferson
  5. If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of...

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson
Education, Freedom, War
Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey, 6 January 1816
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.