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Quote by Henry Adams
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. – Henry Adams

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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. – Henry Adams

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My votes against the education bill and my votes against the Medicare bill got huge play at home. – Mike Pence

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I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nations schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And its unfortunate. – Sandra Day OConnor

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Our universities and museums are respected around the country. – Jane Byrne

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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed. – Garrett Hardin

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My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being. – Wole Soyinka

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With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have an obligation to give real reform our best shot. – Ron Wyden

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