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“Education must not only prepare one for employment but also for citizenship. A well-educated person contributes not just to an economy but to justice, equality, and community. Ignorance breeds tyranny; awareness breeds freedom.”

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“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”

Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician

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“The education which breeds Amalekites must be replaced with Christian education…. The state must become Christian and apply Biblical law to every area of life, and apply the full measure of God's law. The permissive family must give way to the Christian family.”

Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001) American theologian

Source: Writings, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973), p. 323

“Education has a great part to play in assuring the intellectual and moral basis not only for citizenship of the state but also for that world citizenship which is the imperative need of the time. For education to serve the purposes of democracy and world citizenship it should it should be in a real sense “liberal.””

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919–1974) Indian writer

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“The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)

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“Ignorance breeds fear and hatred.”

Kristin Cast book Betrayed

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“Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in “justice” or in affirmation of “rights” or in defense of “peace” do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.”

Wendell Berry (1934) author

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“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.”

James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)

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Variant: Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

“"We must have a distinct vision of what employment and unemployment are. A person who is training or educating themselves is working for their country. That is what we have discovered in this recession, that training, education and innovation are fundamental.", Oslo Forum, September 2010.”

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960) Former Prime Minister of Spain

As President, 2008

“Education must not only prepare one for employment but also for citizenship. A well-educated person contributes not just to an economy but to justice, equality, and community. Ignorance breeds tyranny; awareness breeds freedom.”

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