Robert A. Taft: “The Sound Basis for Federal Aid to Education”

( 1947 ) Commentary by John W. Malsberger, Muhlenberg College

“Liberty and equal justice under law must be continuously secured if we are to carry out the purposes of the formation of this Republic; but neither liberty nor justice can be secured without a widely diffused education. We cannot preserve the Republic at all unless the people are taught to read and to think so that they may understand its basic principles themselves and the application of such principles to current problems.” - “The Sound Basis for Federal Aid to Education”
“No man can be free if he does not understand the opportunities which lie before him. No man can have equality of opportunity if he has not the knowledge to understand how to use the rights which are conferred upon him.” - “The Sound Basis for Federal Aid to Education”
“Education is the only defense of liberty against totalitarianism. It may be that intelligent people will be occasionally misled to vest complete power in the state or in a single individual, but without education dictatorships inevitably arise.” - “The Sound Basis for Federal Aid to Education”

Robert A. Taft (Library of Congress)

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