When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.
Bill AyersThe idea that teaching is somehow the delivery of the goods is such a misunderstanding of what actually goes on.
Bill AyersEducation is a right, it's a journey, it's a process, and it's something we have to stand for, as hard as it is.
Bill AyersYour kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.
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