Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2016-11-27 Nov 25, 2016The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we call - in enemy nations - 'state indoctrination.'~ Jonathan KozolHonor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.~ Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxIt is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.~ Sally Kempton Nov 24, 2016We believe the picture painters of the mass media are artfully creating landscapes for us which deliberately hide the real picture. In this book we will show you how to discover the "hidden picture" in the landscapes presented to us daily through newspapers, radio and television.~ Gary AllenThe problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise ... economics is a form of brain damage.~ Hazel HendersonTogether we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.~ Ivan Illich Nov 23, 2016No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being...~ Benjamin ConstantTo argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty itself, since all is capable of being abused.~ Lord George LyttletonThe trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.~ Thomas Paine Nov 22, 2016If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.~ George OrwellWithout deviation, without exception, without any ifs, buts, or whereases, freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they express, or the words they speak or write.~ Justice Hugo L. BlackTruth and news are not the same thing.~ Katharine Graham Nov 21, 2016[A] function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve it’s high purpose when it indices a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with things as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects as it presses for understanding.~ Justice Potter StewartIt is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising or by sheer assumption, have the power to do as they think best without consulting the wisdom of mankind.~ W. E. B. Du BoisThe people’s right to obtain information does not, of course, depend on any assured ability to understand its significance or use it wisely. Facts belong to the people simply because they relate to interests that are theirs, government that is theirs, and votes that they may desire to cast, for they are entitled to an active role in shaping every fundamental decision of state.~ Edmond Cahn Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print