Adolf Hitler Quotes
By educating the young generation along the right lines, the People's State will have to see to it that a generation of mankind is formed which will be adequate to this supreme combat that will decide the destinies of the world.
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Fuhrer of the Third German Reich, Mein Kampf, 1925
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Snow was one of the first people to call attention to problem of the intellectual gulf between most educated people and scientists. See {635971}. As politicians generally fall into the former group, they have had a particularly difficult dealing with scientific issues since the scientific revolution of the 20th century produced this cultural chasm.
See Diogenes for a similar sentiment
The Connecticut state legislature had questioned why Greek and Latin should be required of entering students. If any language should be required, why not French, Dutch or German—the more “practical” languages. Day wrote this report to answer the question. The ancient Greek and Roman classics were, in his view and that of the faculty, the best reading for American citizenship. There is a similar quasi political argument today regarding the classic Western literature as the foundation of American citizenship and patriotism, and some critics argue that non Western literature is equally important and should be taught also. The traditionalists argue that the classic Judeo Classic Western literature is what America was founded upon and informed the Founding Fathers, and therefore should not be diminished in the curriculum.
This is one of the strongest statement of the importance of child rearing and education ever made.
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about 6 million Jews and millions of other victims.
