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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

— Benjamin Disraeli

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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Without publicity there can be no public spirit, and without public spirit every nation must decay.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.

Endymion (1880)

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of Grief the blunder of a life.

Vivian Grey (1826)

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Sybil (1845)

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You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

Julian Assange

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

Friedrich Schiller On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)

Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.

Bertrand Russell

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