Branches Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of…

— Gouverneur Morris

The aim of education is to guide young persons in the process through which they shape themselves as human persons-armed with knowledge, strength of…

— Jacques Maritain

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the…

— Brigham Young

What we are doing in educating students is trying to prepare them to live more fulfilling lives for the decades after they graduate. And…

— Derek Bok

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The…

— Rudolf Steiner

What we seek to advance, what we seek to develop in all of our colleges and universities, are educated men and women who can…

— John F. Kennedy

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

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and…

— Anonymous

Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest…

— Robert E. Lee

[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and…

— H. L. Mencken