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Children
should be educated and instructed in the principles
of freedom.
John
Adams
Enlighten
the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions
of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the
dawn of the day.
Thomas
Jefferson
Religion,
morality and knowledge being necessary to good
government and the happiness of mankind, schools
and the means of education shall forever be
encouraged.
The
Northwest Ordinance
Promote
then as an object of primary importance,
Institutions for the general diffusion of
knowledge. In proportion as the structure of
a government gives force to public opinion, it is
essential that public opinion should be
enlightened.
George
Washington
Law
and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of
our love, unless they first become the objects of
our knowledge. James Wilson
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