Jefferson Refused To Pin His Hopes On The Occasional Success Of Honest And Unambitious Men; On The Contrary, The Great Danger Was That Philosophers Would Be Lulled Into Complacence By The Accidental Rise Of A Franklin Or A Washington. Any Government Which Made The Welfare Of Men Depend On The Character Of Their Governors Was An Illusion.

-Daniel J. Boorstin

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Jefferson Refused To Pin His Hopes On

Daniel J. Boorstin

Jefferson Refused To Pin His Hopes On The Occasional Success Of Honest And Unambitious Men; On The Contrary, The Great Danger Was That Philosophers Would Be Lulled Into Complacence By The Accidental Rise Of A Franklin Or A Washington. Any Government Which Made The Welfare Of Men Depend On The Character Of Their Governors Was An Illusion.

Topic

Character

Men

Would Be

The History Of Western Science Confirms The Aphorism That The Great Menace To Progress Is Not Ignorance But The Illusion Of Knowledge.

Ignorance

Progress

Illusion