Curb Violent Crime

“If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.”
--Jeff Cooper

Fortify Democracy

“Authoritarianism cannot be harnessed to fortify democracy any more than wolves can be taught to guard sheep.”
---John Hayward

The Only Good

“Reason, observation and experience; the holy Trinity of science, have taught us that happiness is the only good; that the time to be happy is now, and the way to be happy is to make others so.”
--Robert Green Ingersoll

Evil Taught

“Evil is not born, it is taught.”
--Jedi Proverb

Stirring Within

“Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.”
--Sonia Sotomayor

Whine Over

“The worst lesson that can be taught a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings.”
--Theodore Roosevelt

Times of Distress

“Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.”
--Herbert Gasser

Know Best

“The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.”
--Marquis de Vauvenargues

Progress' Path

“I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.”
--Marie Curie

Self Taught

“No one learns as much about a subject as the one who is forced to teach it.”
--Peter F. Drucker

Reluctently Taught

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
--Winston Churchill