"The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense." ― Gilbert K. Chesterton Topic(s): Education Tags: compulsory, education, purpose More From Gilbert K. Chesterton "Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated." "I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles." "The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see." More In Education "Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats."― Marge Piercy "The foundation of every state is the education of its youth."― Diogenes "Education has fundamentally changed my life. It’s perhaps the mission of my life. I’m wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And I chose the pathway that I believe could make me the most significant on changing the outcomes that we see now in North Carolina."― Bev Perdue