“Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.”
May Sarton (1912–1995) American poet, novelist, and memoirist
“You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns -
And the public wants what the public gets - but I don't get what this society wants.”
Going Underground (1980)
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