If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what… — Thomas Jefferson
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
1816
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Jefferson, Thomas. "Colonel Charles Yancey, Jan. 6, 1816." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library Classics, 1998.
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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey. 6 Jan. 1816.