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“Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.”

“War is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat.”

War Peace Moral Teacher Dangerous Victory Defeat

Book:The Human Cycle, Psychology of Social Development

Source: The Human Cycle, Psychology of Social Development

“Experience is our only teacher both in war and peace.”

War Teacher Experience

Book:Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

Source: Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

“Americans did not acquire their fear neurosis as the result of a traumatic experience - war devasting their country, pestilence sweeping the land, famine wiping out helpless millions. Americans had to be taught to hate and fear an unseen enemy. The teachers were men in official positions, in government, men whom Americans normally trust without question.”

Source: The View From The Ground

“I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi's account of how she defied, and helped others to defy, radical Islam's war against women. Her memoir contains important and properly complex reflections about the ravages of theocracy, about thoughtfulness, and about the ordeals of freedom-as well as a stirring account of the pleasures and deepening of consciousness that result from an encounter with great literature and with an inspired teacher.”

“We need more leaders among our gente - more teachers, politicians, businesspeople, organizers, and such. Turn the energy that many young people are putting into "war" and "death" and put it into life and true justice.”

People Needs War Young Turns Energy Justice Leader Teacher Politician Organizer True Justice War And Death

Author:Luis J. Rodriguez

“I always found the extraordinary loss of life in the First World War very moving. I remember learning about it as a very young child, as an eight- or nine-year-old, asking my teachers what poppies were for. Every year the teachers would suddenly wear these red paper flowers in their lapels, and I would say 'What does that mean?'”

“Actual combat experience is the only teacher. You never come out of a skirmish without having picked up a couple of new tricks; without having learned more about your enemy...Total involvement with the war was the only thing that kept me alive and pushing.”

War Enemy Teacher Alive Couple Tricks Pushing Combat Involvement

Author:Audie Murphy

“Modern psychology teaches that experience is not merely the best teacher, but the only possible teacher.. There is no war between theory and practice. The most valuable experience demands both, and the theory should supplement the practice and not precede it.”

Should War Teach Practice Psychology Teacher Modern Theory Demand Valuable Supplements Best Teacher No War Theory And Practice Modern Psychology

Author:Charles Kettering

“When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years.”

Knows Years War Earth Parent Growing Up Teacher Growing Huge Beast Survived Parents And Teachers Formative Years Kraken

Author:Tom Hanks

“We have inadvertently designed a system in which being good at what you do as a teacher is not formally rewarded, while being poor at what you do is seldom corrected nor penalized.”

War School Evil Poor Education Teacher Teaching Military Be Good

Author:Elliot W. Eisner

“If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to war. For indeed the war against prejudice, greed, and ignorance is eternal, and those who dedicate themselves to it give their lives no less because they may live to see some fraction of the battle won.”

Ifs Giving May Children War Wanted Teacher Ignorance Battle Eternal Prejudice Greed Fractions Going To War

Author:James Hilton