Education And Literacy Quotes - Page 4

• The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

  William Ralph Inge

  Education, Knowledge, Facts

  Education (1917) ch. 2

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• The human mind is our fundamental resource.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Education, Appreciation

  Special Message to the Congress on Education, February 20, 1961.

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• Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

  Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

  Leadership, Education, Teaching

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• You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

  Brigham Young

  Family, Education, Strong Women

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• Education is a human right with immense power to transform

  Kofi Annan

  Education, Democracies Have, Democracy

  Twitter post from Jun 03, 2016

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• Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspiring, Education, Teacher

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.107, Best Books on

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• The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

  John Lubbock

  Education, Teacher, Appreciation

  John Lubbock (1913). “The Pleasures of the Life”

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• Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity.

  Carol Bellamy

  Education, Children, War

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• There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children

  Amartya Sen

  Children, Literacy, Mortality

  Amartya Sen (2011). “Development as Freedom”, p.195, Anchor

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