Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation read more

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.

The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.

Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.

Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.