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In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There

In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction. – Richard Cobden

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I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance – the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace. – Richard Cobden

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The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices. – Richard Cobden

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Just like my father, Ive always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society. – Barbra Streisand

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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. – Abigail Van Buren

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Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they… can never be without some element of education. – Nicholas Negroponte

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Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay – everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I dont want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place. – Charles Kennedy

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