"Public school system status quo is indefensible...." - Quote by Barack Obama
Public school system status quo is indefensible.
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“The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another”
“It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using the argument of nondiscrimination, and "Let's get it right for the kids who are here right now," and giving them the best chance possible, is going to be a more persuasive argument.”
“What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education.”
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“The scholar is that man who must take up into himself all the ability of the time, all the contributions of the past, all the hopes of the future. He must be an university of knowledges.”
“I am not topper in my university but all toppers are working in my microsoft company.”
“I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.”
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“Government has been a fossil: it should be a plant.”
“In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in reality, do their feeble best for unrighteousness. Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughingstock among decent men.”
“Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!”