"A well informed citizenry is the best..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Every generation needs a new revolution.”

“My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.”

“They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes.”

“The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.”

“They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.”

“For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.”

“My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.”

“I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.”

“Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.”