Quotes by Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

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This is a problem, how can we have a body of knowledge and understanding and resist the temptation to misread the intere — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
There's no science that can't be used for good or for evil. Science could be used by whoever has the power to use it and — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
Curiosity is very important I think, and I think too much of education, starting with childhood education, is either des — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
I don't know what to do, and if I did know what to do I wouldn't tell you, because if I had to tell you today then I'd h — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
I'm as proud of my inconsistencies as I am my consistencies. — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
I’m much better at working out ideas in action than I am in theorizing about it and then transferring my thinking to act — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
I feel that all knowledge should be in the free-trade zone. Your knowledge, my knowledge, everybody's knowledge should b — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
No one is charismatic. Someone becomes charismatic in history, socially. The question for me is once again the problem o — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
When people criticize me for not having any respect for existing structures and institutions, I protest. I say I give in — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
Now I've been criticized for advocating that people push their boundaries because sometimes people get caught. Sometimes — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
Now I have very little respect for the electoral system in the United States. I could have respected it in the early day — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change
The critic said, but don't you feel awkward about biting the hand that feeds you? I said no, I enjoy just gnawing it up — Myles Horton, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change