Agency Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“Meanwhile the whole machinery of the State, in all the different countries, is turned on to making defenseless children believe absurd propositions the effect…

— Bertrand Russell

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and…

— Michael Badnarik

The whole realm of thought and opinion is utterly unsuited to public control; it ought to be as free, and as spontaneous as is…

— Bertrand Russell

Schools need not preach political doctrine to defend democracy. If they shape men capable of critical thought and trained in social attitudes, that is…

— Albert Einstein

The discipline, particularly in these urban schools for the poor, it's not controlled by the administration - they're controlled by the police. This is…

— Henry Giroux

There is too much repression and suppression in schools.

— Fanny Jackson Coppin

What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able…

— Albert Einstein

We will not find the solution to problems of violence, alienation, ignorance, and unhappiness in increasing our security, imposing more tests, punishing schools for…

— Nel Noddings

Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you…

— Noam Chomsky

“All that has been said of the importance of individuality of character, and diversity in opinions and modes of conduct, involves, as of the…

— John Stuart Mill

But what is now encompassed by the one word (“school”) are two very different kinds of institutions that, in function, finance and intention, serve…

— Jonathan Kozol

It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of…

— Noah Webster