From Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence:
[I]f a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be.
From a letter to Charles Yancey, 1/6/1816
See “People Sign ‘I Support Illiteracy’ Petition to ‘Spread Illiteracy’ in America,” SLL, 2/10/15
