Great Throughts Treasury

"We learn to do neither by thinking nor by doing; we learn to do by thinking about what we are doing."

"The democratic ideal is contradictory to both tyranny and ignorance. Men must be free not only to think, to speak, and to worship, but to build within themselves, through education, a preparedness for their later years. Not every man can be a leader, but every man — however limited his natural capacities — can improve in the direction of better choices for himself and his children. If our education is good, then by educating all the people we give every person a better chance."