What Thomas Jefferson thinks about education
Third US President (1743 to 1826); author of the Declaration of Independence and Notes on the State of Virginia.
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1 dated position, c. 1781–1787, in their own words. Our reading of what Thomas Jefferson has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingThe chief aim of public education is making the people safe guardians of their own liberty
Their wordsBut of all the views of this law, none is more important, none more legitimate, than that of rendering the people the safe, as they are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty.
↗Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIV: Laws (1853 edition)en.wikisource.org All 6 from this book