There Is Only One Thing Age Can

Patriotic Societies Seem To Think That The Way To Educate School Children In A Democracy Is To Stage Bigger And Better Flag-saluting.

We Live In A Highly Competitive Society, Each Of Us Trying To Outdo The Other In Wealth, In Popularity Or Social Prestige, In Dress, In Scholastic Grades Or Golf Scores. One Is Often Tempted To Say That Conflict, Rather Than Cooperation, Is The Great Governing Principle Of Human Life.

If Everybody Is Rewarded Just For Being Alive, You Get The Same Sort Of Effect As You Do When You Reward Every Student Just For Being Enrolled. You Destroy Not Only Education, You Destroy Society By Giving A's To Everyone. This Is A Philosophical Consideration That Bothers Me Very Much As I Sit In The United States Senate And See The Great Budget Allocations Going Through.

Definitions, Contrary To Popular Opinion, Tell Us Nothing About Things. They Only Describe People's Linguistic Habits; That Is, They Tell Us What Noises People Make Under What Conditions.

Language Is A Unifying Instrument Which Binds People Together. When People Speak One Language They Become As One, They Become A Society.