Rockefeller Quote When they were taking control of the eduaction sytem in the 1930's

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"In our dreams, people yield themselves with perfect docility to our molding hands. The present education conventions of intellectual and character education fade from their minds, and, unhampered by tradition, we work our own good will upon a grateful and responsive folk.
We shall not try to make these people, or any of their children, into philosophers, or men of science. We have not to raise up from them authors, educators, poets or men of letters. We shall not search for great artists, painters, musicians nor lawyers, doctors, preachers, politicians, statesmen -- of whom we have an ample supply.
The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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  • Posted by ISank 9 years, 10 months ago
    Being raised in the Empire State and having had the good sense to move to Hawaii, I do recall the words at Rockefeller Center that strike a different cord.
    I deleted a few but kept the ones that stuck out to me as a kid reading them. It's not Rand but there's a salut to the individual.
    Cheers yo!

    "I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
    I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
    I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
    I believe in the Dignity of labour, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
    I believe that thrift is essential to well ordered living and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs.
    I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.
    I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond; that character not wealth or power or position – is of supreme worth"
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