Nancy MacLean Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Privatization radically alters power relations in our society by weakening groups like public employees and public school teachers.”
-- Nancy MacLean

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“Most Americans believe in fairness; we believe that people should work hard but there should be a safety net. We believe in saving the quality of our air and water for our children. Most Americans want action on climate change. You can just go through the list. Most Americans believe in progressive taxation.”
-- Nancy MacLean

#Children Quotes #Believe Quotes #Hard Work Quotes

“The first thing I'd say is stop paying such attention to Trump's tweets. They're a total distraction. I think we should instead be carefully watching the actions of groups like Freedom Partners, Chamber of Commerce, the Koch's big donor operation. The Club for Growth is another part of this, and Americans for Prosperity on the ground.”
-- Nancy MacLean

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“I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.”

“Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.”

“All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.”

“I've been singing all my life. I've always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me.”

“We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in.”

“They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.”

“Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character of its own.”

Source : Bernard Crick (1954). “In defence of politics”, p.11, Bernard Crick

“If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.”

“Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe.”

“Mathematics is concerned only with the enumeration and comparison of relations.”