Focusing on the public school system, former Secretary of Education, William Bennett explains the moral crisis in that institution by contrasting the concerns of teachers in two different eras: 'Over the years teachers have been asked to identify the top problems in America's schools. In 1940 teachers identified them as talking out of turn; chewing gum; making noise; running in the hall; cutting in line; dress code infractions; and littering. When asking the same question in 1990, teachers identified drug abuse; alcohol abuse; pregnancy; suicide; rape; robbery; and assault.' During the thirty-year period of 1960 to 1990, 'there has been a 560 percent increase in violent crime; more than a 400 percent increase in illegitimate births; a quadrupling in divorces; a tripling of the percentage of children living in single-parent homes; more than a 200 percent increase in the teenage suicide rate; and a drop of 75 points in the average SAT scores of high-school students.' We do not believe it is a coincidence that the increase of moral mayhem described by Bennett corresponds with an increased acceptance of moral relativism. In fact, relativism has been officially incorporated in the educational curriculum, known as values clarification.
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mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
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goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
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To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
... FRANCIS THOMPSON Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others' pain ... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far... FRANCIS BACON One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
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desire of knowledge in excess caused m... FRANCIS BACON If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit... FRANCIS BACON Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God. FRANCIS CHAN Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss;... FRANCIS BACON Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them. DICK FRANCIS Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. FRANCIS BACON If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to ... FRANCIS BACON No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being. FRANCIS BACON Money makes a good servant, but a bad master. FRANCIS BACON Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. 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FRANCIS BACON Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. FRANCIS BACON The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is mor... BRENDAN FRANCIS The road to perseverance lies by doubt. FRANCIS QUARLES If God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge ... FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. FRANCIS BEAUMONT I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. FRANCIS BACON It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the... FRANCIS BACON Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. FRANCIS QUARLES The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns. FRANCIS PICABIA To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. FRANCIS CRAWFORD Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven. FRANCIS THOMPSON Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue. FRANCIS QUARLES Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatr... FRANCIS QUARLES Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god. FRANCIS PICABIA If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself,... FRANCIS QUARLES The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl. FRANCIS THOMPSON Wickedness is its own punishment. FRANCIS QUARLES Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety. FRANCIS QUARLES My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back. FRANCIS PICABIA Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. FRANCIS QUARLES The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous. FRANCIS PICABIA Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. FRANCIS QUARLES He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent. FRANCIS QUARLES Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Silence is the virtue of fools. FRANCIS BACON It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. FRANCIS BEAUMONT Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as ... FRANCIS BACON People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and ... FRANCIS BACON Science is but an image of the truth. FRANCIS BACON