“I kept quiet, but the knowledge gathered like a storm. I could see the future: My father wasn't coming back. And this one fact seemed to point to other facts and others still: Love frays and humans fail, time passes, eras end.” HumansStillsEndsFactsFatherFailingQuietStormErasComing BackTime PassesFray Book:The Age of Miracles: A Novel Source: The Age of Miracles: A Novel
“First, this law - the National Defense Education Act - ended years and years of debate about one controversial question: 'Shall the Federal Government, with all its massive resources, get directly involved in aiding American education?' The answer this law gave was a loud 'Yes!' - and thus we paved the way for a new era of support for education in America. This law, in fact, helped make possible more than 50 new education laws passed in my administration.” WayYearsFirstsFactsGovernmentAmericaLawAnswersEducationSupportInvolvedResourcesDefenseDebateAdministrationErasLoudMassiveFederal GovernmentControversialNew EraNational DefenseAmerican EducationEducation In America Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969