"Where once a tyrant had to wish that……" — Richard Mitchell
"Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude."
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Richard Mitchell
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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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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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