Alexander Meiklejohn quotes

“There is, I think, nothing in the world more futile than the attempt to find out how a task should be done when one has not yet decided what the task is.”
-- Alexander Meiklejohn

Source : Alexander Meiklejohn (2005). “Education Between Two Worlds”, p.17, Transaction Publishers

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“Freedom is always wise.”
-- Alexander Meiklejohn

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“Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.”
-- Alexander Meiklejohn

Source : Alexander Meiklejohn (2005). “Education Between Two Worlds”, p.265, Transaction Publishers

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“Whatever may be the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to that safety arising from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. That is the faith, the experimental faith, by which we Americans have undertaken to live.”
-- Alexander Meiklejohn

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“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.”

“Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.”

“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”

“Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone should behave. But it is not our task to create an ideal. It's our task to see how it is, and to learn from the world as it is. For the awakening of the heart, conditions are always good enough.”

“The task of saving the earth's environment must and will become the central organizing principle of the post-Cold War world.”

“What we have done in the past is not sufficient now to prepare our youth.”

“But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.”

“Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.”

“I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.”