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An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people (Spurious Quotation)
Quotation: "An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people."
Variations: None known.
Sources consulted:
- Founders Online
- Retirement Papers
- Thomas Jefferson: Papers and Biographies Collections, Hathi Trust Digital Library
Earliest known appearance in print: 20131
Other attributions: None known.
Status: This exact quotation has not been found in any of the writings of Thomas Jefferson, although it is a generally accurate paraphrase of Jefferson's views on education.
- Anna Berkes, 3/30/10; revised 8/24/11, 1/24/20
Further Sources
- Jefferson Quotes & Family Letters Database: Quotes on Education.
- Wagoner, Jennings. Jefferson and Education. Charlottesville, VA: Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2004.
- Look for further sources on Jefferson and education in the Thomas Jefferson Portal.
- 1. Remington, Nancy, and Ronald Remington, Alternative Pathways to the Baccalaureate (Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2013): 188. Accessed 1/24/20. Note that the authors do not put this sentence in quotes in the text.
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