Famous Quotes | No group and no government can...
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Attribution: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. FDR Speaks authorized edition of speeches, 1933-1945 (recordings of Franklin Roosevelt’s public addresses), side 5, National Education Association (June 30, 1938), ed. Henry Steele Commager, Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Records, Inc. (1960). FDR was opposed to external interference by government or private agencies in the content of curriculum.
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