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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.

What You've Got Here Is Really A Case Of Journalists Making Fun Of People Who Believe In God And The Devil.

The Secretary Of Education Does Not Work For The Education Establishment. The Secretary Works For The American People.

Our Common Language Is English. And Our Common Task Is To Ensure That Our Non-english-speaking Children Learn This Common Language.

People Of Good Character Are Not All Going To Come Down On The Same Side Of Difficult Political And Social Issues. Good People - People Of Character And Moral Literacy - Can Be Conservative, And Good People Can Be Liberal. We Must Not Permit Our Disputes Over Thorny Political Questions To Obscure The Obligation We Have To Offer Instruction To All Our Young People In The Area In Which We Have, As A Society, Reached A Consensus: Namely, On The Importance Of Good Character, And Some Of Its Pervasive Particulars.