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Responsible persons are mature people who have taken charge of themselves and their conduct, who own their actions and own up to them--who answer for them.

William Bennett

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William Bennett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 3
Former United States Secretary Of Education
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Brooklyn
New York
William John Bennett
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If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.
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The history of our nation is intertwined with a certain religious tradition, and that the First Amendment was not intended to result in the complete exclusion of religious beliefs from our public classrooms.
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Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.
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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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The President is the symbol of who the people of the United States are. He is the person who stands for us in the eyes of the world and the eyes of our children.
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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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I do not suggest that you should not have an open mind ... but don't keep your mind so open that your brains fall out.
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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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What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil.
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In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.
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