GNOTURI

Your Exercises in Latin and Greek must not be omitted a single day.

~ John Adams

I read my Virgil and Horace every year as regularly as I do my Bible.

~ John Adams

Latin and Greek are the great fountains of elegant literature.

~ John Adams

The downfall of Latin in education would mark the downfall of thought.

~ Irving Babbitt

Let us never forget that our very Republic bears a Latin name.

~ Calvin Coolidge

No people can be truly cultured who do not know the language of Rome.

~ Calvin Coolidge

In the classics we find the high ideals on which our civilization rests.

~ Calvin Coolidge

The study of Latin should not be neglected in any American school.

~ Charles William Eliot

Latin is the vehicle of every liberal art and science.

~ Benjamin Franklin

It is through Latin that we touch the mind of Rome.

~ Basil L. Gildersleeve

Latin is not dead—it is immortal.

~ Basil L. Gildersleeve

If we are to keep our heritage, we must keep Latin.

~ William T. Harris

I thank on my knees him who directed my early education for having put into my possession this rich source of delight [Latin and Greek].

~ Thomas Jefferson

The best method of forming a style is to read good authors in Latin.

~ Thomas Jefferson

Every American should be trained in the republican virtues of ancient Rome.

~ Josiah Quincy III

The classics are the backbone of a man’s mental training.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

A strong foundation in Latin is essential to all reasoning.

~ Benjamin Rush

Latin is the one tongue which binds together the centuries of Western civilization.

~ Paul Shorey

Without a knowledge of Latin, men are but half educated.

~ Noah Webster

Latin must continue to be the language of the well-educated American.

~ William Wirt