"People who cannot put strings of sentences together……" — Richard Mitchell
"People who cannot put strings of sentences together in good order cannot think. An educational system that does not teach the technology of writing is preventing thought."
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19 Quotes by Richard Mitchell
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Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to…
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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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