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Everett Dean Martin on Education

1880–1941 United States

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Education is training in wisdom and virtue, and the exercise of these is freedom.

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

Animal training may give one the means to make a living; liberal education gives living a meaning.

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

Whoever is concerned about his education should be on his guard against propaganda.

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

Education is emancipation from herd opinion, self-mastery, capacity for self-criticism, suspended judgment, and urbanity.

The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926)

Education aims at independence of judgment. Propaganda offers ready-made opinions for the unthinking herd.

Are We Victims of Propaganda, Our Invisible Masters: A Debate with Edward Bernays (1929)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Everett Dean Martin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.