S. Weir Mitchell

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

The function of this school is custodial. It’s here to keep these kids off the streets until the girls are big enough to get pregnant and the boys are old enough to go out and hold up a gas station.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

There is no education like adversity.

We are now embarked on another venture to put the American dream to work in meeting the new demands of a new day. Once again we must start where men would improve their society have always known they must begin – with an educational system restudied, reinforced, and revitalized.

Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.

The biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad.

Education can’t focus only on developing our wonderful brain. We also need warm-heartedness. This is my view.

Over the years, I have again and again asked fellow believers in a free society how they managed to escape the contagion of their collectivist intellectual environment. No name has been mentioned more often as the source of enlightenment than Friedrich Hayek’s.

My last year in high school, I worked at a bindery, side by side with grown-ups who had been there their entire lives. Knowing that I, as a 16-year-old, was getting the same income and doing the same work… it gave me respect for those workers. But it also gave me an understanding that more is needed for folks to be able to cobble together a decent life on minimum wage.

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.