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William Bennett

William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist, who served as Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush. In 2000, he co-founded K12, a publicly traded online education company.

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"Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost. In our time, that may mean social disapproval, public scorn, hardship, persecution, or as always, even death itself. The question remains: What is worth defending? What is worth dying for? What is worth living for?

Disapproval, Heart, Honor, Mean, Noble, Time

We are here to help one another along life's journey.

Help, Helping, Journey, Respect

From Samuel Adams to Patrick Henry to Benjamin Franklin to Alexander Hamilton, all the Founders intended religion to provide a moral anchor for our liberty in democracy.

Adams, Anchors, Christian, Franklin, Liberty, Religious

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.

Character, Controversies, Education, People, Task

I do not suggest that you should not have an open mind. . . but don't keep your mind so open that your brains fall out.

Brain, Brains, Fall, Keep, Mind, Open

Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time. . . "

Anywhere, Once Upon A Time, Stories, Story, Time, Years

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.

Away, Children, Mean, Real, Share

The new source of divisiveness is the assault of secularism on religion.

Assault, Christian, Religion, Religious, Source

I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things.

Country, Powerful, Things, Think, Thinking, Wealthiest

The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.

Doe, Education, Establishment, People, Teaching

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

America, Democracy, Rights, Support, World

Loving your homeland is just as natural as loving your father or mother - after all, your country nourishes you, protects you, and in many ways makes you who you are. Just as it's a virtue to honor your parents, it's a good and admirable thing to honor the land you call home.

Country, Father, Land, Mother, Parents

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical controversies of the day. First things first. And planting the ideas of virtue, of good traits in the young, comes first. In the moral life, as in life itself, we take one step at a time. Every field has its complexities and controversies. And so does ethics. And every field has its basics. So too with values.

Character, Complexities, Ethics, Ideas, People, Things

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools

Education, Educational, Give, People, School, Years

When we were attacked on Sept. 11, we knew the main reason for the attack was that Islamists hated our way of life, our virtues, our freedoms. What we never imagined was that the free press - an institution at the heart of those virtues and freedoms - would be among the first to surrender.

Attack, Heart, Life, Way, Would Be

True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism, which always says, 'It can't be done. '

Done, Healthy, Mixed, True, Way

Responsible persons are mature people who have taken charge of themselves and their conduct, who own their actions and own up to them--who answer for them.

Actions, Charge, People, Persons, Responsibility, Taken

Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs. . . in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional values they embody.

Belief, Beliefs, Christian, Institutions, Religious, Uncomfortable

I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.

Baby, Black, Country, Crime, Sole

America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it forces us to confront matters many would prefer to ignore.

America, Bigotry, Christian, People, Reason, Religious

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