“Americans and other Westerners who want their families to enjoy the blessings of life in a free society should understand that the life we've led since 1945 in the Western world is very rare in human history. Our children are unlikely to enjoy anything so placid, and may well spend their adult years in an ugly and savage world unless we decide that who and what we are is worth defending.” WorldWantShouldYearsHumansWellsMayChildrenEnjoyBlessingAdultsOur ChildrenWesternUglySavagesUnlikelyHuman HistoryFree SocietyWestern WorldWesternersPlacid Book:America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It Source: America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
“Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.” HumansWellsMeanChildrenSoundWaterQualityAirSafeWasteConceptsAreasConcernOur ChildrenCleanParksWildernessPreservationCosmeticsLandmarksClean WaterHuman QualitiesClean AirRoadsideBeautificationWaste Disposal Author:Lady Bird Johnson
“Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.” WayBelieveHumansChildrenFormI BelieveImaginationOne ThingSourceAchievementOur ChildrenEducate Author:Ken Robinson
“Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.” HumansChildrenPlaySchoolResponsibilityVisionRolesDemocracyRightsFailingPossibilitySourceExerciseTasteOur ChildrenMarketingGrantedEmpoweringSchemesEnlighteningRights And Responsibilities Author:Diane Ravitch