“if a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be. the functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property of their constituents. there is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.” Thomas Jefferson to his friend Charles Yancey, January 6, 1816. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-09-02-0209
The Educational Theory of Thomas Jefferson https://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Jefferson.html
“Historians characterize Jeffersonian democracy as including the following ideal: All men have the right to be informed and thus to have a say in the government. The protection and expansion of human liberty was one of the chief goals of the Jeffersonians. They also reformed their respective state systems of education. They believed that their citizens had a right to an education no matter their circumstance or status in life”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonian_democracy#cite_note-21
The President was recently asked in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” why he has claimed that children are taught in schools to hate their country.
Trump responded, according to a transcript of the interview by saying, “I just look at — I look at school. I watch, I read, look at the stuff. Now they want to change — 1492, Columbus discovered America. You know, we grew up, you grew up, we all did, that’s what we learned. Now they want to make it the 1619 project. Where did that come from? What does it represent? I don’t even know.”
‘Fox News Sunday’ with Chris Wallace on July 19, 2020 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/transcript-fox-news-sunday-interview-with-president-trump
“Under our leadership, the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant to support the development of a pro-American curriculum that celebrates the truth about our nation’s great history. (Applause.)
…Today, I am also pleased to announce that I will soon sign an Executive Order establishing a national commission to promote patriotic education. It will be called the “1776 Commission.” (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. It will encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history and make plans to honor the 250th anniversary of our founding. Think of that — 250 years.” President Trump, White House Conference on American History, September 17, 2020.
“A reform of particular importance is that which ought to take place in the present methods of teaching history. Scarcely any other people are made to study as much of history as the Germans, and scarcely any other people make such a bad use of their historical knowledge. If politics means history in the making, then our way of teaching history stands condemned by the way we have conducted our politics. But there would be no point in bewailing the lamentable results of our political conduct unless one is now determined to give our people a better political education.” Adolph Hitler, “Mein Kampf” (1925) https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1784&context=student_scholarship
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education…to prepare each citizen to choose wisely and to enable him to choose freely are paramount functions of the schools in a democracy.” Franklin D. Roosevelt (August 1, 2016)
“if a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be. the functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property of their constituents. there is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.” Thomas Jefferson to his friend Charles Yancey, January 6, 1816. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-09-02-0209
The Educational Theory of Thomas Jefferson https://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Jefferson.html
“Historians characterize Jeffersonian democracy as including the following ideal: All men have the right to be informed and thus to have a say in the government. The protection and expansion of human liberty was one of the chief goals of the Jeffersonians. They also reformed their respective state systems of education. They believed that their citizens had a right to an education no matter their circumstance or status in life”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonian_democracy#cite_note-21
The President was recently asked in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” why he has claimed that children are taught in schools to hate their country.
Trump responded, according to a transcript of the interview by saying, “I just look at — I look at school. I watch, I read, look at the stuff. Now they want to change — 1492, Columbus discovered America. You know, we grew up, you grew up, we all did, that’s what we learned. Now they want to make it the 1619 project. Where did that come from? What does it represent? I don’t even know.”
‘Fox News Sunday’ with Chris Wallace on July 19, 2020 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/transcript-fox-news-sunday-interview-with-president-trump
“Under our leadership, the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant to support the development of a pro-American curriculum that celebrates the truth about our nation’s great history. (Applause.)
…Today, I am also pleased to announce that I will soon sign an Executive Order establishing a national commission to promote patriotic education. It will be called the “1776 Commission.” (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. It will encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history and make plans to honor the 250th anniversary of our founding. Think of that — 250 years.” President Trump, White House Conference on American History, September 17, 2020.
“A reform of particular importance is that which ought to take place in the present methods of teaching history. Scarcely any other people are made to study as much of history as the Germans, and scarcely any other people make such a bad use of their historical knowledge. If politics means history in the making, then our way of teaching history stands condemned by the way we have conducted our politics. But there would be no point in bewailing the lamentable results of our political conduct unless one is now determined to give our people a better political education.” Adolph Hitler, “Mein Kampf” (1925) https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1784&context=student_scholarship
Remarks by President Trump at the White House Conference on American History (9/17/20) https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-white-house-conference-american-history/
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education…to prepare each citizen to choose wisely and to enable him to choose freely are paramount functions of the schools in a democracy.” Franklin D. Roosevelt (August 1, 2016)