"What greater or better gift can we..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]
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“Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.”
“Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.”
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“It is better to support schools than jails.”
“For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books.”
“I aint such a mug as to put up my children to all I know myself.”