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George Washington: “Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”

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Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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George Washington
Independent · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Washington asserts that knowledge is fundamental to public happiness in any nation.

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