Carl L. Becker Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: September 7, 1873 - April 10, 1945
Birthday: September 7
Death: April 10
The logic of all this seems to be that it is all right for young people in a democracy to learn about any civilization or social theory that is not dangerous, but that they should remain entirely ignorant of any civilization or social theory that might be dangerous on the ground that what you don't know can't hurt you ... a complete denial of the democratic principle that the general diffusion of knowledge and learning through the community is essential to the preservation of free government.
source: Carl L. Becker (1960). “Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life”
topic: Education, Hurt, Government, Social Theory, Free Government
