I can think of many ways to describe my daughters: smart, talented, beautiful, funny, athletic, and at times, shockingly insightful. But I've never exactly thought of my girls as "The only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." But according to Thomas Jefferson, they are.
Jefferson believed that education for the many -- not the few -- should be our nation's first priority because our freedom and liberty are a direct result of our collective choices. It takes a lot of people to run a country. But it takes a lot of wise and educated people to run a free country.
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