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2476, which read “…whereas the House of Representatives
suggested that once the country’s regime has become a
democracy, it is necessary to foster studying of moral and
political sciences, at the same level as other universities of
civilized countries, and to spread this knowledge as soon
as possible. Therefore, it is especially appropriate to
establish the University of Moral and Political Sciences…”
And in (2), opening speech of the university’s governor,
on June 27 1934 (2 years after Siam Constitution, dated June 27
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1932, was implemented) which said “…a university is like a great
pond that quenches the citizen’s thirst for knowledge, which
is his right and opportunity that he is entitled to, under the
principle of the freedom of education. The government
and the House of Representatives recognized this necessity,
and therefore enacted the Act to establish this university…
Especially during the time where our country is
governed by the Constitution, it is utmost necessary
that there must be a university that specif cally provides
knowledge on moral and political sciences, to as many
citizens as possible, in order to give citizens opportunity to
exercise their freedom of education freely, for the greater
benef ts of our country…” (Spacing and bolding herein are done
by the Author.)
And therefore, any reference to the underlying intention
for establishing the university, for ‘freedom of education’, will be
truly legitimate, if it is made in close relationship with ‘the ideal of
government under the constitution of Khana Ratsadon’.
On the contrary, trying to explain the underlying intention
for creation of this university, by referencing to part of the overall
context of such remark, where, as a result, this university becomes
only ‘a pond for quenching one’s thirst’, without any relation to the
government under the constitution of Khana Ratsadon, is therefore
an explanation that put the words of the university’s governor out of
their context, which will eventually create further misunderstanding
among the public.

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