Horace Mann Quotes

I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness.

Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.

I wanted to better inform the world.

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.

The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the former happy resignation to ignorance begins to make way for a state of half-enlightenment, and few persons are willing to remain in the condition in which their birth has placed then.

Learning, to be of much use, must have a tendency to spread itself among the common people.

The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge, has resulted in a zeal without discretion that has vulgarised Christianity, and has presented its teachings in a form that often repels the heart and alienates the intellect.

A lot of people really like to answer questions, and they really enjoy sharing their knowledge. Especially people who have valuable knowledge.

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.

When every church becomes a school, every cathedral a university, every clergyman a teacher, and all their hearers brave and honest thinkers, then - and not until then - will the dream of poet, patriot, philanthropist and philosopher become a real and blessed truth.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

Every time I come across learning items of interest, I'll send distribution voice mail to the appropriate group in the organization.

Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.

Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people.

The general intelligence of the people is far ahead of our people, and no wonder; every night there are lectures upon every subject the mind of man can contemplate—astronomy, geology, botany, natural history, conchology, water, smoke, continents, mountains, valleys, clouds, anatomy, physiology, lice, spiders, whiskey, eatables, shipping, trees and everything. Elder Geda and I heard a Roman Catholic Priest lecture on botany with masterly ability this evening, yet not a cent was charged at the door; all these lectures are free to the public. I have told our young ministers for years, to learn to lecture; that our race will never be anything till they do so I am now satisfied, as never before, that I was right. These lectures are attended, too, not by the finely attired only, but by the laboring people.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing

If the community wish to have the benefit of more knowledge and intelligence in the labouring classes, it must dispense it at the public charge.

The health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support out libraries.