Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.
People are beginning to realize that education is power, that education is money, that education is an opportunity.
Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.
An educated people can be easily governed.
What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough or not fast enough, but we all lived from the time we were children to beat the system.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
Education is the development of power and ideal.
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