Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2016-07-17 Jul 15, 2016Education -- compulsory schooling, compulsory learning -- is a tyranny and a crime against the human mind and spirit. Let all those escape it who can, any way they can.~ John HoltWhen it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.~ John Viscount MorleyIf the only motive was to help people who could not afford education, advocates of government involvement would have simply proposed tuition subsidies.~ Milton Friedman Jul 14, 2016Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions authorize. But this consent of 'the people' exists only in theory. It has no existence in fact. Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.~ Lysander SpoonerHistory is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.~ Napoleon BonaparteOf all the tyrannies on human kind / the worst is that which persecutes the mind.~ John Dryden Jul 13, 2016Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.~ PlatoFalse words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.~ SocratesRather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.~ Henry David Thoreau Jul 12, 2016Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.~ Alan CorenkHistorically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control.~ Jack HughCensorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.~ Mark Twain Jul 11, 2016That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.~ Alexander HaigHistory is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.~ Ambrose BierceThere are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.~ Benjamin Disraeli Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print