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Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

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You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#american #backgrounds #college #compared #different

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#beauty #glory #humanity #knowledge #love

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge. ↗

— Brad Sherman

#children #education #knowledge #must #our

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#exceedingly #gain #how #knowledge #limited

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#character #elevation #faith #gain #give

Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense; or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#change #comes #faith #gain #generic

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#island #knowledge #little #ocean #our

Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good. ↗

— Peter Singer

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