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“ I know, [there is] no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of society, but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. ”
— Thomas Jefferson in an 1820 letter to William C. Jarvis
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“ Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. ”
— Alexander Pope Moral Essays, 1735
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“ It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wreck and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. ”
— Albert Einstein Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, 1951
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“ Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ”
— Chinese proverb
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“ Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain. ”
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“ Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ”
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“ Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. ”
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“ The better the citizenry as a whole are educated, the wider and more sensible public participation, debate and social mobility will be...Highly sophisticated Élites are the easiest and least original thing a society can produce. The most difficult and the most valuable is a well-educated populace. ”
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“ The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. ”
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“ It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. ”
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“ I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ”
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“ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. ”
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“ Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of real education. ”
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“ If we are to reach real peace in this world ... we shall have to begin with the children. ”
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“ The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children. ”
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“ The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. ”
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