I think we would all agree that education is one of the most important facets of any society. I'm not just talking about "going to school"; there is much more to education than that. Education can even begin in the womb, and takes off from birth. Everything we are surrounded by "educates" us, in one way or another—for good or ill. Not all education is "good." It should be unnecessary to say that.

People can only know and act upon what they have been taught. If people don't know what "freedom" and "tyranny" are—and the source of both—then they will not know how to protect the former and guard against the latter. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). "My people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge" (Isaiah 5:13). I fear America today is following that same course.

Our Founding Fathers were certainly great believers in the correlation between "education" (i.e., true knowledge) and "freedom." Let me share with you some thoughts from the great men of our past, who taught us and warned us, yet so many do not listen, and do not learn.

From Thomas Jefferson:

"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."

"The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate." 

"An educated citizenship is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people."

And here is a gem from James Madison:

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."

Such quotes could be multiplied almost endlessly, but frankly, are really a little gratuitous. As noted above, people can only know and act upon what they have been taught—and they will act upon what they have learned. China doesn't teach Christianity and free-market capitalism; it teaches atheism........

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