Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you.

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone – except God.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: ‚Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?‘

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: ‚This is my country.‘

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

College isn’t the place to go for ideas.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

We live in ugly times.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

While victimhood in America is exalted, I don’t think our veterans should join those ranks.

We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

I don’t believe in colleges and universities.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain’t ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

I don’t have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I’m left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct.

I was a smart kid, but I hated school.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot – and it’s only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best thing about us.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.

The ‚public‘ scares me, but people I trust.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

I live in Puerto Rico, my family lives in Puerto Rico, my friends. What happens in Puerto Rico matters to me.

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?

It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new ‚solution‘ to society’s ‚problems.‘

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people’s money to settle the quarrel.

Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.

The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

If you’ve found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

I think hygiene is so important.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

I just want to be just as everyone else. I want to educate myself and be just like a normal teenager.

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.