Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 497 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty & Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual & surest support? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | These words are inscribed to the right of the main entrance of the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building. |
| SUBJECTS: | Education |