Quote #4
There are no chains so galling as the chains of ignorance—no fetters so binding as those that bind the soul, and exclude it from the vast field of useful and scientific knowledge.
–Maria W. Stewart
There is nothing more important to Democracy than a strong public education system. Especially important is the teaching or ethics and morality. That can appear to be a loaded statement to some people. I’m not talking about ethics and morality as espoused by this religion or that religion. I’m talking about ethics and morality in a human sense. Those traits that all of us agree are beneficial to a functioning society. While there can be some difference of opinion here, I think it is our responsibility to reach a common ground on this subject, and teach it to our young. Everyone with a High School education should have a firm grasp of what it means to be ethical and moral. You should not have to be a Harvard Graduate to have acquired that knowledge.