Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
489
AUTHOR:
Samuel Houston (1793–1863)
QUOTATION:
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
ATTRIBUTION:
Attributed to SAM HOUSTON by the University of Texas. This quotation appears on the verso of the title-page of all University of Texas publications. Unverified.
