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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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...

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.