In a stunning rebuke of Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, Betsy Devos, John Adams repeated a statement he first made in 1785 on the subject of public education:

“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it. There should not be a district of one mile square, without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.”

Feel free to share John’s sentiments with your Senators and Congressman–many of whom believe that the words of the founding fathers may be found in the Bible.