My apologies for the preceding comments where I questioned the accuracy of the quote. I found it elsewhere in its original source. You have to admit, the quote is almost too good to be true! The foresight these men had is amazing.

I think this is a great sentiment, but I (flame suit on) really question the veracity of this quote. Quite frankly, it screams "bogus quote!". PLEASE. SOURCE! Our work in trying to stem the creeping crud of the state is hard enough; bogus quotes make the work that much harder, and we look like idiots when someone calls us on it. Did he really reference public education? That wasn't an issue at the time, which leads me to beleive this is a made-up quote by some good intentioned person. Again, this is a wonderful sentiment with which I wholeheartedly agree, but I NEED A REFERENCE!