"Those who wish to be ignorant and..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Those who wish to be ignorant and free, believe in something that never was and never shall be.
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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.”
“A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law.”
“Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself.”
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“Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.”
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
“The instruction of children should aim gradually to combine knowing and doing. Among all sciences mathematics seems to be the only one of a kind to satisfy this aim most completely.”