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William Bennett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 3
Former United States Secretary Of Education
Politician
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Brooklyn
New York
William John Bennett
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America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.
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Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins Once upon a time...
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All real education is the architecture of the soul.
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I can only speak about my own commute and can say that it has certainly affected my commute, making it longer and more hectic.
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The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.
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I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.
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There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see adults take morality seriously.
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I have no doubt that the real irritation of those on the religious right is not that their particular creed is not embraced by the schools, but that often their creed is the only one singled out for contempt.
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America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it forces us to confront matters many would prefer to ignore.
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It is ironic that anyone who appeals to religious values today runs the risk of being called 'divisive' or attacked as an enemy of pluralism.
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It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.
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President Bush was widely ridiculed for consulting the Reverend Billy Graham before the Gulf war.
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I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things.
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True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism, which always says, 'It can't be done.'
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The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.
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Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools
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From Samuel Adams to Patrick Henry to Benjamin Franklin to Alexander Hamilton, all the Founders intended religion to provide a moral anchor for our liberty in democracy.
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Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.
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We are here to help one another along life's journey.
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Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs ... in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional values they embody.
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