Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Joseph Stalin

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Topic

Power of education Education

Speaker

Joseph Stalin

Language

Russian

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Soviet leader National leader Politician

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Citation

Stalin, Joseph. "Marxism VS. Liberalism: An Interview." Interviewed by H. G. Wells. New Century Publishers, Sept. 1937.

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The law may... Depend on what the judge has had for breakfast.

Robert M. Hutchins

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Nature of law Law

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Robert M. Hutchins
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Hutchins, Robert M. "The Autobiography of an Ex-Law Student." The University of Chicago Law Review, Mar. 1934. Originally a speech at The Association of American Law Schools meeting. Dec. 1933, Chicago, IL, USA.

Another quote about Education

Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Ignorance Education
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Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote originally in Russian

There was peace in their hearts. They were filled with the fearlessness of those who have lost everything, the fearlessness which is not easy to come by but which endures.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

In the First Circle

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Fearlessness

Author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Source
In the First Circle
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander. В круге первом [In the First Circle]. Collins & Harvill Press/‎Harper & Row, 1968, ch. 87.