Mary Hatwood Futrell Quotes

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.

Education, then, as universally diffused as the elements of God, is the life-blood of our body politic. The intelligence of the people is the one great fact of our civilization and our prosperity, — it is the beating heart of our age and of our land. It is education alone which makes equality possible without anarchy, and liberty without license.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained.

Without education, you can’t have democracy.

O people of America. The destinies of your country are in your own hands. They are committed to your own keeping. It is for you to say which ye will have, liberty or slavery, knowledge or ignorance, happiness or misery.

America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity to all citizens, no matter how humble their background, so they could climb higher, help build the American dream, and leave a better life for those who follow.

We believe... that by encouraging critical thinking and processing of knowledge we are creating full, well-rounded human beings... that will enable Qatar to build up its society. You cannot build a healthy society without giving your citizens a sense of ownership. Otherwise, they will not share with you the responsibilities.

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.

Let people have an education and you can't stop them.

In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!

Let us by all wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.

We cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government, for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

Give education and knowledge to the common people.

If we are going to live in a world ruled by true democracy, then it is essential that every human being receives the kind of education that will best develop his faculties. In addition, each and every one of us must become conscious of the fact that we have an obligation to think for ourselves so that we may function as citizens.

I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.

People are beginning to realize that education is power, that education is money, that education is an opportunity.

Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.