Attention Quote by Aristotle

That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in our own…

— Aristotle

If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not have to…

— Edward Kennedy

Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property ... He must be taught to…

— Benjamin Rush

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of youth should…

— John Adams

I envy neither the heart nor the head of any legislator who has been born to an inheritance of privileges, who has behind him…

— Frances Harper

The legislator is an indispensable guardian of our freedom. It is true that great executives have played a powerful role in the development of…

— J. William Fulbright

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. The superficial explanation is that a government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful…

— John Dewey

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful unless those…

— John Dewey

For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the education for?…

— Herbert Spencer

The legislator commands the future; to be feeble will avail him nothing: it is for him to will what is good and to perpetuate…

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine…

— James Madison

“My little friend Grildrig; you have made a most admirable panegyrick upon your country. You have clearly proved that ignorance, idleness, and vice, are…

— Jonathan Swift