If the children and youth of a nation are afforded opportunity to develop their capacities to the fullest, if they are given the knowledge to understand the world and the wisdom to change it, then the prospects for the future are bright. In contrast, a society which neglects its children, however well it may function in other respects, risks eventual disorganization and demise.

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The future depends on what you do today. - Mahatma Gandhi

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In the Soviet Union, it's takes more courage to retreat than advance. ― Joseph Stalin

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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

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I do not assume that woman is better than man. I do assume that she has a different way of looking at things.

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One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans-- anything except reason.

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. Marcus Aurelius

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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. —Aristotle

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