Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch promoted his new children’s book, Heroes of 1776, on Fox News’s Fox & Friends on Thursday morning.
During an interview with Fox News’s Lawrence Jones, Gorsuch discussed the contents of his book, detailing the exploits of some lesser-known heroes of the American Revolution. He emphasized the importance of education and knowing history, saying, “We need to know our history in order to preserve it.”
Gorsuch then warned that a lack of knowledge among a country’s people could eventually lead to its downfall.
“Thomas Jefferson said, ‘An ignorant people will never remain free for long,'” Gorsuch said.
He stressed the importance of a civics education before issuing a dire warning for the country, saying its most imminent threat is itself, due to a lack of knowledge among its citizens.
“This is one thing my colleagues and I really agree on: the importance of bringing civic education to our children,” Gorsuch said.
He rattled off multiple statistics about the struggles the population faces regarding civic education.
“Over half of Americans can’t pass the citizenship exam we expect people who come to this country to pass,” Gorsuch said. “Most Americans cannot name the three branches of government. And if you ask me what the greatest danger America faces today, it’s itself.”
“We have to learn how to talk to one another,” Gorsuch said. “We need to know our shared history. And I think if we do that, we’ll come to realize that all the things that separate us pale in comparison to the things that unite us, those three great ideas in the Declaration.”
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Gorsuch then pivoted back to his book and said one of his motivating factors for writing it was to promote unity.
“And so yeah, I wanted to be part of America’s celebration, and bring us together again,” he added.
