“If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly fulfill, they would not be in such bad repute with the lay- public.” IfsStatesFactsEducationGreaterWillingPromiseLaysProfessionEngaged Book:Isocrates Source: Isocrates
“It will help at every state along the road to learning. For the pre-school years we will help needy children become aware of the excitement of learning.” YearsChildrenStatesHelpingSchoolEducationExcitementNeedySchool YearsPre School Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The experts spent a great deal of time and study working out a formula which would be fair to every State and fair to every county and fair to every child, and would put the education dollar where that dollar is needed most, now.” ChildrenStatesWould BeDealsEducationStudyNeededFairsDollarsWork OutExpertsFormulasCounty Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute or control, will go to destruction. Consequently, when a state resolves that religious instruction shall be banished from the schools and other literary institutions, it virtually resolves on self-destruction.” ChildrenSelfStatesGodFactsSchoolReligionReligiousEducationLordSocietyDestructionInstitutionsResolveInstructionNurtureTheologianSelf DestructionTeaching ChildrenAdmonitionBanishmentReligious EducationChristian Education Book:Systematic Theology Source: Systematic Theology
“I am not fully informed of the practices at Harvard, but there is one from which we shall certainly vary, although it has been copied, I believe, by nearly every college and academy in the United States. That is, the holding the students all to one prescribed course of reading, and disallowing exclusive application to those branches only which are to qualify them for the particular vocations to which they are destined. We shall, on the contrary, allow them uncontrolled choice in the lectures they shall choose to attend, and require elementary qualification only, and sufficient age.” BelieveHas BeensStatesAgeChoicesCoursesReadingI BelieveUnitedEducationKnowledgePracticeUnited StatesLearningStudentsCollegeParticularAuthorityContrarySufficientBranchesApplicationDestinedVocationExclusiveLecturesAcademyVaryHarvardQualificationsFree Thought Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
“Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind.” StatesChurchCitiesEducationMankindFunction Author:Philip Wylie
“The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State.” MeanCountryStatesActionSpiritualPoliticalReligionPoliticsForceNationsSocialFeltEducationEconomicFieldsEconomicsClaimsInstitutionsLaysEducationalCorporateLengthFascismAssociationFascistsBreadthOrganisedEducational Institutions Author:Benito Mussolini