Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools.

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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...

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...

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...

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

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...

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...

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge -- no matter how great --...

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge -- no matter how great --...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

The most challenging and difficult part in laying the right path come from the sandwiched...

The most challenging and difficult part in laying the right path come from the sandwiched...