A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward. William Bennett More Quotes by William Bennett More Quotes From William Bennett If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it. William Bennett cornyviciouseasy Home is a shelter from storms - all sorts of storms. William Bennett shelterstormhome I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things. William Bennett powerfulcountrythinking I can only speak about my own commute and can say that it has certainly affected my commute, making it longer and more hectic. William Bennett affectionmy-ownspeak What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil. William Bennett religiouschristianfun The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day. William Bennett educationcharacterpeople The new source of divisiveness is the assault of secularism on religion. William Bennett sourcereligiouschristian America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it forces us to confront matters many would prefer to ignore. William Bennett religiouschristianamerica In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies. William Bennett battlereligiouschristian President Bush was widely ridiculed for consulting the Reverend Billy Graham before the Gulf war. William Bennett religiouschristianwar It is ironic that anyone who appeals to religious values today runs the risk of being called 'divisive' or attacked as an enemy of pluralism. William Bennett religiouschristianrunning The history of our nation is intertwined with a certain religious tradition, and that the First Amendment was not intended to result in the complete exclusion of religious beliefs from our public classrooms. William Bennett religiouschristianfirsts The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical controversies of the day. First things first. And planting the ideas of virtue, of good traits in the young, comes first. In the moral life, as in life itself, we take one step at a time. Every field has its complexities and controversies. And so does ethics. And every field has its basics. So too with values. William Bennett characterpeopleideas The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed. William Bennett responsibilityteachingchildren When you have an individual that is committed to killing someone else, you can`t expect a restraining order or the police to provide 24-hour protection. William Bennett killing-someonepoliceorder America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. William Bennett supportrightsamerica Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time..." William Bennett once-upon-a-timestoriesyears A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as Christians or Jews, while only 7.5 percent claim no religion. William Bennett religiousnew-yorkchristian From Samuel Adams to Patrick Henry to Benjamin Franklin to Alexander Hamilton, all the Founders intended religion to provide a moral anchor for our liberty in democracy. William Bennett anchorsreligiouschristian True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism, which always says, 'It can't be done.' William Bennett healthydoneway
