All William Bennett Quotes
- Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue. Gratitude
- America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. America
- If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning. Agree
- I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so… Angry
- Home is a shelter from storms - all sorts of storms. All
- Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time..." Anywhere
- We are here to help one another along life's journey. Along
- There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see… Adults
- It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies. Character
- There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. Attitude
- The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical… Character
- If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why… Admiration
- People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people-people of character… All
- The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical… Basics
- A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward. Act
- The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that… Accomplish
- All real education is the architecture of the soul. All
- If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it. All
- Now we have reason to be grateful once again that Al Gore is not the man in the White House, and never will be. Al
- Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language. Children