Education Quote by Alan Taylor

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson proclaimed: Be it enacted by General Assembly that no man shall be compelled to…

— David Akadjian

“Deists of Jefferson’s generation fought tax support for religious institutions at a time when the only influential American religious sects were Protestant. Their nineteenth-century…

— Susan Jacoby

“Thomas Jefferson. . . knew what schools were for--to ensure that citizens would know when and how to protect their liberty. . . It…

— Neil Postman

“Jefferson also founded the first intentionally secularized university in America. His vision for the University of Virginia was for education finally free from traditional…

— Daryl C. Cornett

“The wizards held that, as servants of a higher truth, they were not subject to the mundane laws of the city. The Patrician said…

— Terry Pratchett

“The Americans are right: there should not be taxation unless the people consent to it. And it should be fair, which means the nobility…

— Michelle Moran

Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial…

— Carl Sagan

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public…

— Matt Blunt

“He supported Jefferson’s proposed Land Ordinance of 1784,22 ceding Virginia’s western territory to Congress for division into fourteen future states in which “there shall…

— Harlow Giles Unger

“Because our current educational system now graduates students lacking even minimal historical knowledge, citizens are misled by outlandish charges Modernists make about not only…

— David Barton

“Mark my words, when a government pretends that it is the highest judge of its own actions, the result is not freedom as Jefferson…

— Orson Scott Card