''An Ignorant People Can Never Remain a Free People''

"An ignorant people cannot remain free."

—Thomas Jefferson

WRITTEN by Michael Corthell

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter's answer during an open forum at University of New Hampshire Law School in 2012 were nothing short of a prophetic statement describing the 'Trumpian' Age we find ourselves in right now.

He was asked about the decline of civics education in American schools and what effect that has on government. Justice Souter then explained how ignorance on the part of the electorate will give rise to despotism and even the loss of our republic. The longer version of this clip is here.

The clip at the top is well worth watching, but if you just want his prophetic statement, skip to 4:00. Or read Souter's quote:

I think some of the aspects of current American government that people on both sides find frustrating are in part a function of the inability of people to understand how government can and should function. It is a product of civic ignorance.  

What I worry about is…that an ignorant people can never remain a free people. Democracy cannot survive too much ignorance…. You can’t keep [a republic] in ignorance.  

I don’t worry about us losing Republican Government in the United States because I’m afraid of a foreign invasion. I don’t worry about it because I think there is going to be a coup by the military; this has happened in some other places. 

What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed people will not know who is responsible. And when the problems get bad enough, as they might do, for example, with another terrorist attack…some one person might come forward and say, “Give me total power and I will solve this problem.”  That is how the Roman Republic fell. 

– Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter

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