“No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.”
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.