Ronald Reagan: “In the words of Thomas Jefferson: 'If a nation expects to be ignorant…”

On the recordDecember 7, 1983

In the words of Thomas Jefferson: 'If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be.'

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the National Forum on Excellence in Education in Indianapolis, Indiana

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