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I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive. Joseph Lancaster
Education Made Design Society Guide Would Spirit Purpose Attempt Render Am Improve Any Committee Poor Persuaded Should Resolution
The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem. Joseph Lancaster
Youth Met Additional Give Sincere Force Dictate Intention Esteem Public Them Should Teachers Raise
Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity. Joseph Lancaster
Every Think Approbation Alike Worships Religious Purest Parent Divided Individuals Sincerity Him His Motives Subjects Very Gracious Common Children Loves Mankind Who Differently
Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it. Joseph Lancaster
Education Youth Lost Society Benefit Ruined Thousands Bestow Morals Talents Parties Contending Idly Been Cultivation Want While Deprived Should Who Many Thereby Two
We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics. Joseph Lancaster
Daily Witness Community Beneficial Out Inventions Institution Encourage Effect Ingenious Produced Held Mechanics
IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. Joseph Lancaster
Speak Difficult Topics Write Propriety Biased Principle Becoming Moderation Which Interest Prejudice Even
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. Joseph Lancaster
Reward Encouragement Punishment System Seem More Preventive Attainment Tickets Boy Reverse Proves Affected Loss Than Often Being Them Coercion Serviceable
America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity. Joseph Nye
Values Rather Rests Shared Than America Ethnicity
Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks to change the world. We tend to downplay 'transactional' leaders, whose goals are more modest, as mere managers. Joseph Nye
Leadership Change Risks World Goals Change The World Virtues Alike Those Out Objectives More Tend Take Leaders Mere Managers Experts Public Modest Who Bold Downplay Whose Set
We live in a world of diverse cultures, and we know very little about social engineering and how to 'build nations.' And when we cannot be sure how to improve the world, hubristic visions pose a grave danger. Joseph Nye
World Build Engineering Live Danger We Cannot Visions About Diverse Know Sure How Cultures Very Improve Nations Cannot Little Social Social Engineering Grave Pose
American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate. Joseph Nye
World Debate Power Critical Ideals Openness American
Opponents of cap and trade should be careful what they wish for. Joshua A. Tucker
Wish Be Careful Trade Opponents Cap Should Careful
I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research. Juan Cole
Government Balance People Political Argument Research Some David Like Academic Sort Accept Impose Predetermined Should
Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians very much wanted to push in the United States without success but in Iraq they do it. Juan Cole
Success You Politicians Corporate States Introduced Some Percent Something Individual Push Know Without Iraq Very Did Tax Wanted Flat Flat Tax Much Income United United States
An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth. Juan Cole
Character Change Strong Power Society Significant Security All-Around Laws Alteration Make Around Occupied Without Occupying Forth Reason Right
Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is. Juan Cole
Nature Knowledge Decision Made Understanding Take Without How Arrest His Movement Apparently March Early Widespread
I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators. Juan Cole
Law Arrogant Believe Has-Been Administration Pursued Policies Said Been Iraq Very American Senators Ignorant Illegal International International Law Incompetent
For instance, I was a little surprised that the Shiites didn't rise up against Saddam and the Baath party across most of the country when the Americans moved in March and April of 2003. Juan Cole
Country Party April Rise Instance Saddam Most Surprised Up American Moved Against Little Across March
I lived in the Muslim world for 10 years. Juan Cole
World Muslim Muslim World Years Lived
Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty. Juan Cole
Time Conflict People Slight East Most Were Middle Middle East Interest Interested Public Public Interest Specialty
But September 11 marked a big change in the sense that the public was suddenly interested, and as a professor at a public university I felt a responsibility to respond to all of the inquiries about the Islamic world. Juan Cole
Change World Responsibility Big Sense September Marked Respond About Islamic Felt Islamic World Big Change Interested Public Suddenly Professor University
I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates. Juan Cole
Important Think Most Academics Policy Been Debates Unfortunate Really
I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously. Juan Cole
Seriously Think Right-Wing Recommendations Wing Tendency Studies Taken Nevertheless Policy Tanks Been Very Dominate Shoddy Discussions Often Unfortunate Which Produce Right
Partisan politics has no place in the classroom. Juan Cole
Politics Classroom Partisan Partisan Politics Place
One of the good things about the public Human Genome Project is that the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health spent a part of their budget on the ethical, legal, and social implications of their research. Juan Enriquez
Health Good Legal Good Things National Energy Research Project Spent About Part Implications Budget Institute Genome Department Human Public Social Ethical Things
The margin for making mistakes has gotten much smaller. In a commodity economy, it's hard to kill off your business. You still have the mine. You still have oil wells. You can always rebuild. In a knowledge economy, if you make a mistake, you're in trouble. Juan Enriquez
Knowledge You Business Mistake Trouble Mistakes Making Mistakes Rebuild Mine Smaller Economy Make Always Making Gotten Still Off Commodity Oil Much Your Hard Margin
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