Jefferson called an educated citizenry “a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.”
Madison warned that “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.”
Jack Kennedy said “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
In 1748, Montesquieu said “The tyranny of a principal in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.”
In a June 1950 commencement speech, Boston University President Daniel Marsh said, “If the (television) craze continues….we are destined to have a nation of morons.”
Well before television arrived, journalist Walter Lippmann called the public “the bewildered herd.” In policy matters, their function is to be “spectators,” not “participants.” …
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Scanning the headlines and perusing articles and videos on the net – it is obvious that the drift toward tyranny continues. Despite the efforts of patriots everywhere the masses remain hopelessly blind to the fate that awaits them – servitude.
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