'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.'

'If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.'

'Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.'

'Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism s…

If Soviet society is to move forward with confidence toward our great goals, each new generation must rise to an ever-higher level of learning and general cult…

There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we …