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'Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.'

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More from Henry Steele Commager

  1. 'If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.'
  2. 'Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.'
  3. 'Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, …
  4. 'The greatest danger we face is not any particular kind of thought. The greatest danger we face is absence of thought.'
  5. American historian and teacher--born Oct. 25, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pa. Died March 2, 1998, Amherst, Mass.,
  6. 'The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional mea…
  7. Henry S. Commager said that the US Constitution was the best chance for political freedom, calling it a 'perfect blueprint.'

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