William Bennett
William Bennett
William John "Bill" Bennettis an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist, who served as Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush. In 2000, he co-founded K12, a publicly traded online education company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
christian running religious
It is ironic that anyone who appeals to religious values today runs the risk of being called 'divisive' or attacked as an enemy of pluralism.
christian religious america
America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it forces us to confront matters many would prefer to ignore.
christian religious battle
In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.
christian religious names
Have we come to the point where it is now considered a secular blasphemy to acknowledge the name of God at all?
christian religious anchors
From Samuel Adams to Patrick Henry to Benjamin Franklin to Alexander Hamilton, all the Founders intended religion to provide a moral anchor for our liberty in democracy.
christian religious war
President Bush was widely ridiculed for consulting the Reverend Billy Graham before the Gulf war.
years once-upon-a-time television
Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time..."
christian religious source
The new source of divisiveness is the assault of secularism on religion.
christian religious firsts
The history of our nation is intertwined with a certain religious tradition, and that the First Amendment was not intended to result in the complete exclusion of religious beliefs from our public classrooms.
christian religious new-york
A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as Christians or Jews, while only 7.5 percent claim no religion.
teaching people doe
The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.
fall brain mind
I do not suggest that you should not have an open mind ... but don't keep your mind so open that your brains fall out.
children adults example
There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see adults take morality seriously.
character ideas people
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical controversies of the day. First things first. And planting the ideas of virtue, of good traits in the young, comes first. In the moral life, as in life itself, we take one step at a time. Every field has its complexities and controversies. And so does ethics. And every field has its basics. So too with values.