If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was…

Thomas Jefferson
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe. ✨ Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey, January 6, 1816.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe. ✨ Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey, January 6, 1816.

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