If Virtue & Knowledge are diffus'd among the People, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great Security.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author states that spreading virtue and knowledge among the people ensures they cannot be enslaved.
- In plain terms
- Education and morality are the best protection against enslavement.
- What can you take from it?
- Education and virtue prevent enslavement.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does education protect freedom?
- What makes a population resilient?
Another view
It simplifies complex political dynamics into just education and virtue.
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