"[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything."

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Source : Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

Joseph Heller

#People Quotes #Educate Quotes

“And this - this board was - was impanelled in 1951. And it's gone through ups and downs in how the secretaries have used it. But I have put a premium on that advisory board.”
“As we take our places in the General Assembly and at the Council meetings, let us begin all our work in the name of God, for the solution of all our problems is a spiritual one.”
“Preach the gospel to yourself every day.”
“I've photographed everybody from Matisse to Isamu Noguchi.”
“To earn more, you must learn more.”
“We sometimes become so obsessed with punishing villainous characters, that we forget the collateral damage is actually experienced by marginalized groups, and we shouldn't punish them for that.”
“I think speeches and fruit should always be fresh.”
“At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive.”

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