Thomas Jefferson · Politics
Jefferson trusted ordinary people to govern themselves more than any founder - through an educated citizenry, small self-governing wards, and a vision of a republic of independent farmers.
You learned that Jefferson grounded democracy in the virtue and independence of ordinary citizens. In your own words, why did he think small farmers made the best republicans, and why education was essential?
Leads to Alexis de Tocqueville.
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