… is from page 312 of Gordon Wood’s splendid 2009 volume, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815:
In no country in the world did public opinion become more awesome and powerful than it did in increasingly democratic America.
DBx: Ideas do matter. The way we talk does matter. What is taught – formally and informally – will affect the character of the people and the quality of laws and of government policies. Whether or not our understanding of history is correct is relevant.
