Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity.
Interpretation
Proper education of children is essential for the well-being of a nation.
This quote emphasizes the critical importance of education in nurturing the future of a nation. Dwight D. Eisenhower warns that inadequate education can lead to dire consequences not only for individuals but for society as a whole, highlighting the interconnectedness between a well-educated populace and the overall prosperity of the nation.
In practice
During a speech on education reform, a politician might use this quote to stress the importance of funding for schools.
If a man's associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.
The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear, and distrust.
Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world is all about.
Travel is the best investment you can make in yourself. It teaches you that there are many ways to live a good, fulfilled life. It broadens your world view, yet makes you appreciate home all the more.
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.
It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.
It is personal. That's what an education does. It makes the world personal.
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