Ron Dart quotes

Ron Dart quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The objective of false prophets and teachers of whatever stripe is...the influence and control of the minds of men.”
-- Ron Dart

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“Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar."”
-- Ron Dart

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“True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.”
“Upon the subject of education ... I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.”
“Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser.”
“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.”
“My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.”
“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

Source : Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Community School Dist. (1969)
“Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.”
“Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.”
“When something important is going on, silence is a lie.”
“I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.”

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