Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. – Norman Douglas
It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake. – Norman Douglas
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do. – Norman Douglas
I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education. – Charles Kennedy