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Quotation from Essays on Education in a Republic by Benjamin Rush
“the only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.”
Essays on Education in a Republic, Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic (Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical (1798), Text Creation Partnership transcription)
The thesis of the essay, followed by Rush's explanation that the religion he recommends is that of the New Testament.
Citation: "the only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments." — Benjamin Rush, Essays on Education in a Republic, Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic (Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical (1798), Text Creation Partnership transcription). (id rush-essays-on-education-in-a-republic-q2)
Portrait: Portrait of Benjamin Rush, Charles Willson Peale, Public domain.
