EVEN GEORGE WASHINGTON "GOT IT."

Universal public education.

"Promote then as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened."
George Washington
Farewell Address, 1796

Colonel George Washington in the uniform of the Virginia Regiment, oil on canvas
by Charles Willson Peale, 1772.