Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property... He must be taught to amass wealth, but it must be only to increase his power of contributing to the wants and demands of the state... [Education] can be done effectually only by the interference and aid of the Legislature.


Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical (ed. Union College, 1988)

Benjamin Rush Quotes

Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property... He must be taught to amass wealth, but it must be only...

Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property... He must be taught to amass wealth, but it must be only...

Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property... He must be taught to amass wealth, but it must be only...

Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property... He must be taught to amass wealth, but it must be only...