"Far from failing in its intended task, our……" — Richard Mitchell
"Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system."
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19 Quotes by Richard Mitchell
Richard Mitchell has 19 quotes on this site.
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Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them…
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People who cannot put strings of sentences together in good order cannot think. An educational system that does not teach…
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Training is a good dog, a constant companion and an utterly loyal and devoted friend, and everyone should have one.…
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Some minds, at some point, discover that they can not make sense of their own predications without attention to grammar,…
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Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a…
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An education that does not teach clear, coherent writing cannot provide our world with thoughtful adults; it gives us instead,…
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If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts,…
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Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.
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If you should prefer to understand that children are those human beings who have not yet found the grasp of…
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Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.
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The feelings, sentiments, values and responses of our children, or of any citizen, are none of the government's damned business.…
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Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the…
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More Aim Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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