Education Is What Is Left After All

Behavior Which Appears Superficially Correct But Is Intrinsically Corrupt Always Irritates Those Who See Below The Surface.

Democracy Is A Small Hard Core Of Common Agreement, Surrounded By A Rich Variety Of Individual Differences.

The Dignity Of Man Is Vindicated As Much By The Thinker And Poet As By The Statesman And Soldier.

Public Education Is A Great Instrument Of Social Change. Through It, If We So Desire, We Can Make Our Country More Nearly A Democracy Without Classes. To Do So Will Require The Efforts Of Us All-teachers, Administrators, Taxpayers And Statesmen. Education Is A Social Process, Perhaps The Most Important Process In Determining The Future Of Our Country; It Should Command A Far Larger Portion Of Our National Income Than It Does Today.

A Conceptual Scheme Is Never Discarded Merely Because Of A Few Stubborn Facts With Which It Cannot Be Reconciled; A Conceptual Scheme Is Either Modified Or Replaced By A Better One, Never Abandoned With Nothing Left To Take Its Place.