Quote by John Ruskin
The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education. – John Ruskin

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No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change. – John Ruskin

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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom, there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life. – John Ruskin

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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think its a better education overall. – Charles Schumer

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats

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Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete. – Joyce Meyer

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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. – G.K. Chesterton

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