“Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.”
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“Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life.”
“A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.”
“As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.”
“Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.”
“We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education.”
“For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is no stage for which so little educational preparation is made as that which follows the reproductive period.”
“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.”
“Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.”
“Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.”
“Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power.”
“The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.”
“It is only the ignorant who despise education.”
“If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.”
“In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.”
“Very likely education does not make very much difference.”
“Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.”
“True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.”
“I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.”
“This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.”
“You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.”
“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.”
“In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.”
“True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.”