Educational-philosophy Quote by Neil Postman

“Because our current educational system now graduates students lacking even minimal historical knowledge, citizens are misled by outlandish charges Modernists make about not only…

— David Barton

“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham

“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on…

— Kurt Vonnegut

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public…

— Matt Blunt

Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial…

— Carl Sagan

“Jefferson is now remembered as the author of one of the English language’s most timeless passages, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that…

— Charles River Editors

“In politics and in his personal life, Thomas Jefferson was a complicated man, but in one thing he was consistent: the wanted the best…

— Thomas J. Craughwell

“From my Great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on such things…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Education inspires the educated to think for themselves. Schooled programs the schooled to work for others.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The pursuit of knowing was freedom to me, the right to declare your own curiosities and follow them through all manner of books. I…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“When the boys were little, I used to take them to the gleaming white Jefferson Memorial at the edge of the Tidal Basin. Under…

— Khizr Khan