John Hume Quotes
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system.
Hume, John. Interview. Academy of Achievement, 13 Aug. 2002.
Jinnah’s vision was for a modern educational system and curriculum throughout Pakistan. He would not have recognized the religious madrassas that taught only the Koran and Islamic subjects that became so prevalent in Pakistan by the 21st century.
The phrase “national care and expense” was one that was seen as precedent for those advocating federal aid to education and a strong Department of Education. However, the majority of Adams contemporaries saw education, even public education, as a local matter. The word “education” or “school” never appeared in the Constitution. Adams was well before his time on this point.
He was referring to the public schools of the 1960’s and the school desegregation movement in the South.
John Hume KCSG was an Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland, as one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process.
