“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, … it expects what never was and never will be.” — Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Colonel Charles Yancey (January 6, 1816)
“When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” — Thomas Paine
We are losing our freedom, because we are ignorant. I include myself, here. We have forgotten how to be Americans, how to be Patriots. If you think that’s ridiculous, see if you can answer a few questions:
- The first ten amendments to the Constitution are collectively known as what?
- The right to privacy is in the Constitution, true or false.
- “Separation of church and state” is in the Constitution, true or false.
- We should support the President, even if we disagree with him, true or false.
- The Founders thought that it was essential to create a central bank, true or false.
- When the United States goes to war, whose job is it to declare war?
- The United States is a democracy, true or false.
Now, let’s see how you did.
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