“Now I've been criticized for advocating that people push their boundaries because sometimes people get caught. Sometimes people get fired. Sometimes people lose their jobs because of pushing the boundaries too far, but it's an interesting experience. They found they… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
I think if I had to put a finger on what I consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn't be anything… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
Any decent society has to be built on trust and love and the intelligent use of information and feelings. Education involves being able to… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
“Now I've been criticized for advocating that people push their boundaries because sometimes people get caught. Sometimes people get fired. Sometimes people lose their… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
“Now I have very little respect for the electoral system in the United States. I could have respected it in the early days, when… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
I feel that all knowledge should be in the free-trade zone. Your knowledge, my knowledge, everybody's knowledge should be made use of. I think… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
I’m much better at working out ideas in action than I am in theorizing about it and then transferring my thinking to action. I… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
“There's no science that can't be used for good or for evil. Science could be used by whoever has the power to use it… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
Instead of thinking that you put pieces together that will add up to a whole, I think you have to start with the premise… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
If you only try to do the things where you win, then you'll never try to do anything worth doing. — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
“I don't know what to do, and if I did know what to do I wouldn't tell you, because if I had to tell… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
I also knew that if people have a position on something and you try to argue them into changing it, you’re going to strengthen… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
When people criticize me for not having any respect for existing structures and institutions, I protest. I say I give institutions and structures and… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
“No one is charismatic. Someone becomes charismatic in history, socially. The question for me is once again the problem of humility. If the leader… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
“The critic said, but don't you feel awkward about biting the hand that feeds you? I said no, I enjoy just gnawing it up… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it. — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
