"I am not for brainwashing;
"I am not for brainwashing; I am not for uncritical histories of America. I would, however, like every American to be able to understand and agree with what Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said: "Am I embarrassed to speak for a less than perfect democracy? Not one bit. Find me a better one. Do I suppose there are societies which are free of sin? No, I don't. Do I think ours is, on balance, incomparably the most hopeful set of human relations the world has? Yes, I do." That is what American children need to learn. I think that if children know the truth about America and her noble history, they will be behind the war."
William Bennet on how to regain American moral clarity, in the National Review.
