No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

Knowledge—that is, education in its true sense—is our best protection against unreasoning prejudice and panic-making fear, whether engendered by special interest, illiberal minorities, or panic-stricken leaders.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.