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Quote by Herbert Spencer
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. - Herbert

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. – Herbert Spencer

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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit. – Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. – Herbert Spencer

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Government
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The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. – Bill Beattie

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Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People dont always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. – Caroline Kennedy

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Education

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. – Wangari Maathai

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Education

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. – Paul Wellstone

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I have succeeded in arresting some casual wing of thought as it flew, some transient wave of emotion as it subsided… – William Watson, “A Note on Epigram,” 1883

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My shows arent about trying to save some place, because I dont feel thats the right venue for it. Thats my politics right there: Dont bring politics to my shows. – Kid Rock

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We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides. – Ariel Sharon

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You cant steal second base with your foot on first. – Proverb

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