For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.

Quote by William Bennett

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If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy...

If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it...

Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it...

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and...

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of...

The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of...

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a...

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and...

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and...

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Now we have reason to be grateful once again that Al Gore is not the...

Now we have reason to be grateful once again that Al Gore is not the...

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963....

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963....