If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it.

Quote by William Bennett

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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 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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

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.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than...

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than...

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...

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad...

All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad...

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on...

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Parenting is an awesome task. It is my job as a professional to be sure...

Parenting is an awesome task. It is my job as a professional to be sure...

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

I want someone who compliments me and puts in just what I put out.

I want someone who compliments me and puts in just what I put out.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit