101"Governments should provide funding for artists so that the arts can flourish and be available to all people."
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102"For better or worse, education is a process that involves revising the ideas, beliefs, and values people held in the past."
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103"The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives."
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104"It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and discredit the ideas it fears."
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105"The true strength of a country is best demonstrated by the willingness of its government to tolerate challenges from it's own citizens."
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106"All students should be required to take at least one course in ethics, even if taking the course means a decreased emphasis on academic subjects."
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107"Instant communication systems encourage people to form hasty opinions and give quick replies rather than take the time to develop thoughtful, well-reasoned points of view."
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108"In many countries it is now possible to turn on the television and view government at work. Watching these proceedings can help people understand the issues that affect their lives. The more kinds of government proceedings—trials, debates, meetings, etc—that are televised, the more society will benefit."
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109"The purpose of many advertisements is to make consumers want to buy a product so that they will 'be like' the person in the ad. This practice is effective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves."
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110"When we concern ourselves with the study of history, we become storytellers. Because we can never know the past directly but must construct it by interpreting evidence, exploring history is more of a creative enterprise than it is an objective pursuit. All historians are storytellers."
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111"The worldwide distribution of television programs and advertisements is seriously diminishing the differences among cultures."
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112"Some educational systems emphasize the development of students' capacity for reasoning and logical thinking, but students would benefit more from an education that also taught them to explore their own emotions."
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113"It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves."
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