"Let us in education dream of an..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
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“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them.”
“We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities.”
“When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.”
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“My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.”
“Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.”
“A well-trained mind has less difficulty in submitting to than in guiding an ill-trained mind.”
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“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”
“When people are judged by merit, not connections, then the best and brightest can lead the country, people will work hard, and the entire economy will grow - everyone will benefit and more resources will be available for all, not just select groups.”
“The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.”