Informed citizenry

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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.

Thomas Jefferson

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Informed citizenry Ignorance

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Letters of Thomas Jefferson

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Letter

Language

English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey. 6 Jan. 1816.

Current Citation

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.

A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.

James Madison

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Informed citizenry Threats to democracy Political theory

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James Madison

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Letter

Language

English

Time

1822 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Madison, James. Letter to W.T. Barry. 4 Aug. 1822.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "To William T. Barry, August 4, 1822." James Madison: Writings, edited by Jack Rakove. Library of America, 1999.

I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion.

Thomas Jefferson

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Informed citizenry Political theory

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to William Charles Jarvis. 28 Sept. 1820.