William Bennett quotes

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children. (William Bennett)
All real education is the architecture of the soul. View quote
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If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it. View quote
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Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap. View quote
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For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously. View quote
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Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue. View quote
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Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language. View quote
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The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed. View quote
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The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day. View quote
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It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies. View quote
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Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools. (William Bennett)
America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. View quote
William Bennett

William Bennett

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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Politician
Born: July 31, 1943
Quotes count: 12