Ulysses S. Grant Quote

The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused among the people. The Father of his Country, in his Farewell Address, uses this language: 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.


Message to the Senate and House of Representatives (1870)


The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused...

The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused...

The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused...

The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused...