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The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the…

— H. L. Mencken

[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and…

— H. L. Mencken

“The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge…

— H.L. Mencken

“The public education system did not promote the enlightenment of the individual, but rather suppressed critical thought and neurodiversity. It produced preformatted, standardized, and…

— Rajinder Jhol

“For all the talk of education, modern societies neglect to examine by far the most influential means by which their populations are educated. Whatever…

— Alain de Botton

The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity…

— Anonymous

“To fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence... Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim... is simply…

— H.L. Mencken

The public is not cognizant of the real value of education, and does not realize that education as a social force is not receiving…

— Anonymous

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.

— May Sarton

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy…

— James Bryant Conant

...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My own belief…

— Bertrand Russell

The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good…

— Sandra Day O'Connor