“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
John Taylor Gatto (1935–2018) American teacher, book author
"I Quit, I Think" (1991)
“The most important thing about education is appetite.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Theresa May (1956) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Maiden speech to Parliament https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1997-06-02a.59.0 (02 June 1997)
Sukirti Kandpal (1987) Indian actress
On the importance of education https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Im-fine-if-people-call-me-Riddhima/articleshow/3377481.cms/
“Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.”
George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, 41st President of the United States
Announcement of the America 2000 Education Strategy (18 April 1991) What Work Requires of Schools Pg 2 http://wdr.doleta.gov/SCANS/whatwork/whatwork.pdf.
Novalis (1772–1801) German poet and writer
“Miscellaneous Observations,” Philosophical Writings, M. Stolijar, trans. (Albany: 1997) #48
Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001) American theologian
Audio lectures, Dangers Inherent in Public Education (March 24, 1986)
Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) American teacher and writer
Saturday Evening Post (27 September 1958); also in Adventures of the Mind : From the Saturday Evening Post (1962), by Richard Thruelsen and John Kobler
Context: It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought — that is to be educated.
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
“The Meaning of a Liberal Education”, Address to the New York City High School Teachers Association (9 January 1909)
1900s