Nannie Helen Burroughs Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that in a culture rich with storytelling and fantastical tales, Shakespeare's characters and storylines resonated in a powerful way.
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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I think higher education is over-regulated.
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From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.
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The western mindset erroneously equates a political system of multi-party democracy with high-quality institutions... the two are not synonymous.
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Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
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In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.
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In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
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'The Sea Wolf' is the story of a man who believes only in brute force. He is so firm in belief in his own ideas that he despises all who disagree with him. He preaches the doctrine of intolerance. He flaunts the notion that democracy is anything but weakness.
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Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.
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I need to complete my homework on time.
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If you look at the end of a roll of toilet paper, like the brown paper tube, I basically worked in a factory that made humongous ones like that - for concrete or anything you wanted to put in there. I was the guy who chopped those up into smaller pieces, put them in a box, throw it in a pallet, wrap it up, jump in a forklift and put it on a truck.
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Politeness is the poison of collaboration.
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If boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh.
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
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My fridge is really just vegan: coconut water, Gatorade (my favorite!), cucumbers, mint, kale, vegetables, ginger, and wheat grass.
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Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.
