...tyrants and that the best safeguard against tyranny was mass education. Jefferson wrote, "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society...take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."2 He was especially keen for young people to study history, because if they knew the experience...

...themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome direction, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion. America cannot afford to delay a radical reinvention of the quality and delivery of its education for...

...and it is becoming an object of curiosity for the traveler. To John Adams, Monticello, Aug. 15, 1820 I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of...them, but to inform their discretion by education. To William Charles Jarvis, Monticello, Sept. 28, 1820 Consider how little time is left to you, and...

...principle, articulated by Thomas Jefferson, that there is "no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think...take it from them, but to inform their discretion" (Jefferson, 1820). Risk communication succeeds when it promotes a deeper understanding of the issues...

...powerful and reverberant statements: the only "safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society" was "the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened...take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."21 Informing the citizens' discretion would enable them to practice more selfgovernment...

...no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves," Jefferson said, "and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise...take it from them, but to inform their discretion." In today's world, Jefferson's definition of "the people" would include doctors trying to keep their...

...the judgment necessary to make profitable use of any information gained: "If we think [the people] not enlightened enough to exercise their control with...take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."141 Jefferson certainly saw the economic advantage of better-educated citizens but, unlike...

...environmental concerns. No one knew this better than Thomas Jefferson. "If we think," he wrote, "the people are not enlightened enough to exercise their control with...take it from them, but to inform their discretion.'" Inform them indeed, adequately and appropriately. But the information must fall upon fertile, well-watered...

...quoted Thomas Jefferson to support CityPlan's democratic aspirations: "I know of no safe repository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people...discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to CitvPlan. 1992-2000 inform their discretion" (quoted in McAfee 1997b: 22). Surprisingly, the Seeligs'...

...PATHWAYS HIGH SCHOOLS Purpose of Public Education / know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves: and if we think...them, but to inform their discretion by education. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826i Historically. the principal reason for public education was the understanding...