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We Must Renew Patriotic Education

We Must Renew Patriotic Education
Thomas Jefferson reads the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin; reproduction of painting by Clyde Deland. Library of Congress, Public Domain
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Adapted from remarks delivered by U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon at the opening of the PragerU Founders Museum Exhibit on June 17, 2025.

“Liberty is the great parent of science and virtue,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in a 1789 letter to the President of Harvard. “A nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free.”

Linda McMahon
Linda McMahon
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Linda Marie McMahon is the 13th U.S. secretary of education.