The most basic lesson that history teaches is that unless each generation is initiated into the truths that every past generation has learned, a civilization cannot expect to survive. Our schools are the kilns of our future. The hour is late, the rot is far advanced, ignorance is winning new battles for the minds and souls of children across our country.
Speaking on legislation keeping weapons out of schools.
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