The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but in the press and the schools

Quote by John Dewey

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Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in...

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in...

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction...

By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction...

We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action...

We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action...

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and...

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and...

By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make...

By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make...

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which...

When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which...

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It...

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It...

The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is...

The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is...

Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life;...

Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life;...

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and...

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and...

No man's credit is as good as his money.

No man's credit is as good as his money.

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are...

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are...