Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 496 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | These words are inscribed in the Madison Memorial Hall, Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building. |
| SUBJECTS: | Education |