William Bennett Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.

  William Bennett

  Mother, Spiritual, Children

• If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.

  William Bennett

  Education, Children, School

• Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.

  William Bennett

  Children, Real, Mean

• If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits.

  William Bennett

  Children, Character, Angel

  William J. Bennett (1993). “The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories”, Simon and Schuster

• The President is the symbol of who the people of the United States are. He is the person who stands for us in the eyes of the world and the eyes of our children.

  William Bennett

  Children, Eye, People

• There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see adults take morality seriously.

  William Bennett

  Life, Children, Power

  William J. Bennett (1993). “Book of Virtues”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

• Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.

  William Bennett

  Children, Political, Tasks

  William John Bennett (1994). “The De-valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

• 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

  Children, Teaching, Responsibility

  William J. Bennett (1986). “First Lessons: A Report on Elementary Education in America”, p.21, DIANE Publishing

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