Thomas Jefferson on public education

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests, and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.

-Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)

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