The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.

Quote by William Bennett

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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 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....

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

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...

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...

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...