Quote by Bertrand Russell
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by educati

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. – Bertrand Russell

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Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time. – Bertrand Russell

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Freedom
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In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. – Bertrand Russell

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Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. – Bertrand Russell

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Intelligence
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If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. – Abu Bakr

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Education

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery, in which the prizes bear no proportion to the enormous number of blanks. – Joseph Lancaster

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Education

A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought. – Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Education

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their childrens education. – Arne Duncan

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Education

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All my days have I grown up among the Sages and I have found naught better for a man than silence. – Rabban Gamaliel

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