Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply.
Gracie Allen, Comedian (1895) |
Blake Edwards, Director (1922) |
Elliott Erwitt, Photographer (1928) |
Paul Gallico, Writer (1897) |
Susan George, Activist (1950) |
Dorothy Hamill, Athlete (1956) |
Joseph Jackson, Businessman (1929) |
Mick Jagger, Musician (1943) |
George Gallup, Businessman (1984) |
W. Averell Harriman, Politician (1986) |