The development occurs through reciprocal give-and-take, the teacher taking but not being afraid also to give.
John DeweyThere is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due.
John DeweyThe devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. The superficial explanation is that a government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful unless those who elect and who obey their governors are educated. Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can be created only by education.
John Dewey