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December 30, 2012
"Higher" Learning
“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of his indoctrinators.” – William F. Buckley Jr., Up From Liberalism (1959)
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A lot of that is true about the skillful wife who knows how to make her hubby think that his latest plan was all his own idea. There's no telling how much can be accomplished as long as you don't care who gets the credit!
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at December 30, 2012 3:11 PM