I suggest that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendents - those who will ring out the Fossil Fuel Age. Our greatest responsibility, as parents and as citizens, is to give America's youngsters the best possible education. We need the best teachers and enough of them to prepare our young people for a future immeasurably more complex than the present, and calling for ever larger numbers of competent and highly trained men and women.
Hyman RickoverThe man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.
Hyman RickoverA child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents.
Hyman Rickover