Field Hearing on "education at a Crossroads: what Works? What's Wasted?": Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Cleveland, Ohio, September 12, 1997, Količina 4

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Stran 204 - ... truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them...
Stran 204 - ... to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles, on the supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Stran 204 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do...
Stran 204 - Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do...
Stran 204 - ... fallible and uninspired men have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking...
Stran 243 - In part, this is a question of a par ent's civil right to determine what is best for a child who cannot make that mature, responsible decision for himself. US citizenship guarantees all parents an education for their children. This is a true civil right. Yet some children receive a bener education than others due to their parents' abilities to pay for benefits that are often missing in public schools.
Stran 216 - ... fees in public interest litigation in the absence of express congressional authorization. Initially the public interest bar was subsidized by foundations and in part by cause organizations, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Stran 64 - These visits have given us a better understanding of what educators are doing at the local level to improve education. Learning from individuals who are in the trenches working with the students is one of the most inspiring, and eye opening, things I have done in a long time. It is also undoubtedly one of the most important things we can and should be doing more of in Congress.
Stran 71 - Jeffords and members of the committee and thank you for the opportunity to appear today.
Stran 37 - I would like to thank the committee for giving me this opportunity to testify.

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