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  • “The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essay on Education · View
  • “No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and their minds are to be informed by education what is right and wrong; to be encouraged in virtuous habits and deterred from vice. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View
  • “Let our schools teach the life and words of Christ. ”
    William Samuel Johnson , Speech to Connecticut Convention · View
  • “Public schools should teach the religion of Jesus Christ. ”
    James McHenry , Letter to Congress · View
  • “I am credibly informed, that the Scholars there are taught to look upon themselves as the only Men of Sense. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 6 · View
  • “He gave me the free Use of his Library to frame great and noble Ideas. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 2 · View
  • “Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. ”
    John Adams , Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law · View
  • “A republic can only be supported by a virtuous and educated citizenry. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Thoughts Upon the Mode of Education · View
  • “The principles of liberty must be taught in the home. ”
    Eliza Hamilton , Private Correspondence · View
  • “The difficulty of learning to spell well in the English tongue is so great that few attain it... and it is a shame that we should make it so hard for strangers to learn our language. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Letter on Spelling Reform · View
  • “A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. ”
    James Wilson , Lectures on Law · View
  • “Liberty is the greatest of all earthly blessings. Give us that precious jewel, and you may take everything else. ”
    George Mason , Virginia Convention Debates · View
  • “The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “A Christian education is indispensable to the happiness and prosperity of a people. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every districtall studied and appreciatedare the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Letter to Rev. Samuel Cooper · View
  • “A Christian education is indispensable to the happiness and prosperity of a people. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “Is it not then a shame... that women should be denied the benefits of education? ”
    Judith Sargent Murray , On the Equality of the Sexes · View
  • “The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God. ”
    Elizabeth Ann Seton , Seton Family Archives · View
  • “I make it a rule to read some improving book every day. ”
    Eliza Pinckney , Letters of Eliza Lucas Pinckney · View
  • “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. ”
    Abigail Adams , Letter to John Quincy Adams · View
  • “A diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ”
    James Madison , Letter to George Thompson · View
  • “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Poor Richards Almanack · View
  • “Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of the day. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to P. S. du Pont de Nemours · View
  • “Education should teach the precepts of religion and the duties of man towards God. ”
    Gouverneur Morris , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “The knowledge of our rights is the first step to defend them. ”
    Richard Henry Lee , Letter to Samuel Adams · View
  • “The diffusion of knowledge among the people is essential to the preservation of our liberties. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to George Wythe · View
  • “A diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ”
    James Madison , Letter to George Thompson · View
  • “Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ”
    George Washington , First Annual Message to Congress · View
  • “Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. ”
    John Adams , Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law · View
  • “It is the duty of every citizen to promote education for the preservation of liberty. ”
    John Dickinson , Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania · View
  • “If truth be not diffused, error will be. ”
    Daniel Webster , Speech at Dartmouth College · View
  • “Justice cannot flourish without education. ”
    William Paterson , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “A Bible and a newspaper in every house... are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Letter to Rev. Samuel Cooper · View
  • “The class of literati is not less necessary than any other. They are the cultivators of the human mind. ”
    James Madison , Notes for Essays · View
  • “The education of youth should be directed to the cultivation of virtue and liberty. ”
    John Jay , Letter to Benjamin Rush · View
  • “It is the duty of parents... to educate them according to a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness. ”
    James Wilson , Lectures on Law · View
  • “The rights of the people are best protected by an educated citizenry. ”
    George Mason , Virginia Declaration of Rights · View
  • “Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. ”
    Noah Webster , On the Education of Youth in America · View
  • “All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the education I received from her. ”
    George Washington , Letter to Mary Ball Washington · View
  • “Education should inspire youth with just and liberal ideas of government. ”
    Noah Webster , On the Education of Youth in America · View
  • “Virtue and knowledge must be cultivated to preserve our republic. ”
    Roger Sherman , Speech to the Connecticut Assembly · View
  • “The education of children is a matter of the highest importance to the state. ”
    John Adams , Letter to Abigail Adams · View
  • “Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essay on Education · View
  • “Education is the foundation of a free republic. ”
    Charles Pinckney , Speech to the South Carolina Legislature · View
  • “Education is the best security against the encroachments of power. ”
    Elbridge Gerry , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “Illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge · View
  • “Education must be grounded in morality to serve the republic. ”
    Oliver Ellsworth , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav'd. ”
    Samuel Adams , Letter to James Warren · View
  • “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Poor Richards Almanack · View
  • “I cannot live without books. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to John Adams · View

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