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Myles Horton Quotes: You can padlock a building, but you can't padlock an idea.
         

You can padlock a building, but you can't padlock an idea.


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Nothing will change until we change - until we throw off our dependence and act for ourselves.

Nothing will change until we change - until we throw off our dependence and act for ourselves.



I think if I had to put a finger on what I consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn't be anything about methods or techniques. It would be loving people first.

I think if I had to put a finger on what I consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn't be anything about methods or techniques. It would be loving people first.



If you only try to do the things where you win, then you'll never try to do anything worth doing.

If you only try to do the things where you win, then you'll never try to do anything worth doing.



You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it.

You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it.



Curiosity is very important I think, and I think too much of education, starting with childhood education, is either designed to kill curiosity or it works out that way anyway.

Curiosity is very important I think, and I think too much of education, starting with childhood education, is either designed to kill curiosity or it works out that way anyway.




The critic said, but don't you feel awkward about biting the hand that feeds you? I said no, I enjoy just gnawing it up to the shoulder.

The critic said, but don't you feel awkward about biting the hand that feeds you? I said no, I enjoy just gnawing it up to the shoulder.





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Why people suffer thou the is government. It is because everyone fight into power to take care of themselves than to serve the people in need.

Why people suffer thou the is government. It is because everyone fight into power to take care of themselves than to serve the people in need.



Finding one’s place in the world is never easy.Have courage and be true to who you are.Remember, those who dare to be different areOften the ones who change the world.

Finding one’s place in the world is never easy.Have courage and be true to who you are.Remember, those who dare to be different areOften the ones who change the world.




Change your story, change your life. Basically, that's what it is.

Change your story, change your life. Basically, that's what it is.



I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.

I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.



I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to west over Europe.

I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to west over Europe.



If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?

If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?



In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser. To be a winner, we must devote time and hard work. To be a loser you do nothing, and that's exactly what you will get, nothing.

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser. To be a winner, we must devote time and hard work. To be a loser you do nothing, and that's exactly what you will get, nothing.



There is a King Who is aware of every Mask you put on

There is a King Who is aware of every Mask you put on



What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!

What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!




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