Quote by Carl Sagan Download Open image ““Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated.”” — Carl Sagan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Our founding fathers placed so much emphasis on nurturing a well-educated populace because they knew that our system of democracy could not long survive… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
“So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people.” “That’s democracy.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Democracy in a country where the public is uneducated is no different from having a dictatorship or an elected king.” — O.Z. Livaneli Copy Share Image
In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism. — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson. . . knew what schools were for--to ensure that citizens would know when and how to protect their liberty. . . It… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“Democracy means perfect equality of opportunity, especially in education; not the rotation of every Tom, Dick and Harry in public office.” — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Being surrounded by educated people makes democracy stronger, and it benefits our entire economy.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. —THOMAS… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.” — John Hospers Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Telepathy’ literally means to feel at a distance, just as ‘telephone’ is to hear at a distance and ‘television’ is to see at a… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“On the scale of worlds—to say nothing of stars or galaxies—humans are inconsequential, a thin film of life on an obscure and solitary lump… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
In our time, we have sifted the sands of Mars, we have established a presence there, we have fulfilled a century of dreams! — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“[ When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996 :] If ‘fulfilled prophecy’ is your criterion,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
We live on a hunk of rock and metal that circles a humdrum star that is one of 400 billion other stars that make… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
A tiny blue dot set in a sunbeam. Here it is. That's where we live. That's home. We humans are one species and this… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
