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When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?

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Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at…
Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the…
People who cannot put strings of sentences together in good order cannot think. An educational system that does not teach the technology…
Training is a good dog, a constant companion and an utterly loyal and devoted friend, and everyone should have one. Education is…
Some minds, at some point, discover that they can not make sense of their own predications without attention to grammar, although they…
Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend…
An education that does not teach clear, coherent writing cannot provide our world with thoughtful adults; it gives us instead, at the…
If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have…
Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.
If you should prefer to understand that children are those human beings who have not yet found the grasp of their own…
Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.
The feelings, sentiments, values and responses of our children, or of any citizen, are none of the government's damned business. That we…

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To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a more centered… — Judith Orloff
It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't. — A A Milne
Skibbereen have a hard time at [math]; the best that the smartest of them can do with adding two plus two is… — Gregory Maguire
When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits? — Richard Mitchell
In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of… — James W. Loewen
Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research. — Isaac Asimov
It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both… — Terry Pratchett
The truth is not always useful, not always good. It’s like putting your faith in water. Yes, we need the rain, but… — Iain Banks
The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know… — Jeanne DuPrau
Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful. — Christopher Paolini

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