“The sense that just about anything goes with the collection of public revenues and the making of public expenditure has contributed mightily to the current malaise.”
“If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public. If learning is not made public, it is a waste.”
“It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.”
“The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.”
“The building of publicly funded stadiums has become a substitue for anything resembling an urban policy.”
“Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department”