Ronald Reagan: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1986

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

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Republican · California

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Remarks on Receiving the Department of Education Report on Improving Education

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