#civics

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#government #half #high #high school #making

I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#become #civics #concerned #education #had

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home. ↗

— Charles Evans Hughes

#civics #efficient #first #government #home

When you beat up someone physically, you get excercise and stress relief; when you assault him verbally on the Internet, you just harm yourself. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#anger-management #civics #envy #internet #playerhaters

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#book #civics #congress #find #how

I failed world geography, civics, Spanish and English. And when you fail Spanish and English, they do not consider you bilingual. They may call you bi-ignorant because you can't speak any language. ↗

— Tim Scott

#because #bilingual #call #civics #consider

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#civics #equality #find #history #learn

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#civics #class #feel #generation #i