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I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be succes

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. – George Orwell

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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between ones real and ones declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. – George Orwell

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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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Im committed to universal health coverage and education. – Carol Moseley Braun

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The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education. – Jack Kemp

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Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. – Wynton Marsalis

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No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections. – Winston Churchill

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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. – Eric Hoffer

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The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation. – Woodrow Wilson

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Anyone can write a story based on the kind of horror where you see a guy in car and then theres the bad guy in the back seat. Its infantile to rely on that for telling a story. Thats like going to bed and thinking theres a monster under your bed. Its silly. – Sergio Aragones

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A lie is an excuse guarded. – Jonathan Swift

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