Any departure from fact is the first step on a slippery slope toward unbelievability. — William A. Henry III Departure Copy Share Image
Opportunity does not need to be exactly equal. It needs only to exist. For the talented and motivated, that will be enough...The… — William A. Henry III Differences Copy Share Image
Where a generation ago people felt entitled to a chance at education, they now feel entitled to the credential affirming that they… — William A. Henry III Affirming Copy Share Image
“It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the Moon as to put a bone in your nose.” — William A. Henry III Affirmative action Copy Share Image
In my mind, partial failure is always better than delusory success. — William A. Henry III Failure Copy Share Image
Ultimately it is the yearning to believe that anyone can be brought up to college level that has brought colleges down to… — William A. Henry III Believe Copy Share Image
No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a… — William A. Henry III Achievement Copy Share Image
The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing… — William A. Henry III Education Copy Share Image
One's worth and self-regard ought to come from individual competitive performance, not from group identity. Pride based on clan or tribal connections… — William A. Henry III Appeals Copy Share Image
The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry. — William A. Henry III American culture Copy Share Image
It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin.… — William A. Henry III Believe Copy Share Image
A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing. — William A. Henry III Age Copy Share Image
The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace. — William A. Henry III Facts Copy Share Image
In the unexamined American Dream rhetoric promoting mass higher education in the nation of my youth, the implicit vision was that one… — William A. Henry III American dream Copy Share Image
