Curiosity is very important I think, and I think too much of education, starting with childhood education, is either designed to kill curiosity or it works out that way anyway. — 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 jobs because of pushing the boundaries too far, but it's an interesting experience. They found they didn't want to stay within those limitations that they were pushing. Once people find they can survive outside the limits,… — Myles Horton Copy Share
“Now I have very little respect for the electoral system in the United States. I could have respected it in the early days, when the country was small and we had small population. The system that we have in the United States was set up at a time when the total population was the population of Tennessee. We've stretched it… — Myles Horton Copy Share
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 people who refuse to use other people's knowledge are making a big mistake. Those who refuse to share their knowledge with other people are making a great mistake, because we need it all. I don't have… — Myles Horton Copy Share
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
