“It is within the family that children learn the values that will guide them for the rest of their lives. It is within the family that they form their earliest relationships, learn to communicate with others and interact with the world around them. It is within the family that the notion of human rights becomes a reality lived on a daily basis. If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.” IfsWorldHumansChildrenRealityFormValuesNationsRightsShapesBasesNotionHuman RightsCommunicateGuidesToleranceTranslateEquityFamily Life Author:Kofi Annan
“There can be, therefore, no true education without moral culture, and no true moral culture without Christianity. The very power of the teacher in the school-room is either moral or it is a degrading force. But he can show the child no other moral basis for it than the Bible. Hence my argument is as perfect as clear. The teacher must be Christian. But the American Commonwealth has promised to have no religious character. Then it cannot be teacher.” ChildrenCharacterShowsSchoolChristianCultureForceReligiousPerfectRoomsEducationMoralChristianityClearTeacherArgumentBasesCommonwealthDegradingTrue Education Author:Robert Dabney
“But it is not our place to punish a father for his political beliefs or where he wants to raise his child. Indeed, if we were to start judging parents on the basis of their political beliefs, we would change the concept of family for the rest of time.” IfsWantChildrenPoliticalFatherBeliefParentJudgingConceptsBasesRaisesPolitical Beliefs Author:Janet Reno
“The young watch television twenty-four hours a day, they don't read and they rarely listen. This incessant bombardment of images has developed a hypertrophied eye condition that's turning them into a race of mutants. They should pass a law for a total reeducation of the young, making children visit the Galleria Borghese on a daily basis.” ShouldChildrenEyeLawYoungHoursRaceWatchesFourConditionsTelevisionBasesTwentiesIncessantMutants Author:Federico Fellini
“The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn to know, the child will grow into an adult and therefore demands will begin to be made. It gears itself to resist demands in whatever way it sees fit.” KnowsWayChildrenMadeGrowsFitDemandAdultsBasesMethodIgnorantMade ItOperationsGears Author:Steven Biko