Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2016-11-29 Nov 29, 2016I don't want my children fed or clothed by the state, but if I had to choose, I would prefer that to their being educated by the state.~ Max Victor BelzGovernment schools can't teach reading, writing, and arithmetic -- why should we trust them to teach morality, respect, and character? If public education does for ethics what it's done for learning, we'll end up with a generation of immoral, disrespectful, and characterless students.~ Steve DasbachMen had better be without education than be educated by their rulers; for their education is but the mere breaking in of the steer to the yoke; the mere discipline of the hunting dog, which, by dint of severity, is made to forego the strongest impulse of his nature, and instead of devouring his prey, to hasten with it to the feet of his master.~ Thomas Hodgskin Nov 28, 2016They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?~ Paul HarveySchools have not necessarily much to do with education... they are mainly institutions of control, where basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education is quite different and has little place in school.~ Sir Winston ChurchillGovernment will not fail to employ education to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.~ William Godwin 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print