| "An anonymous sage wrote, 'When wealth is lost, nothing is
lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.' In
conducting our national debate about character education, it is helpful to keep in mind
that character education is not a new idea. It is an idea as old as education itself;
indeed, it is the school's most important mission. The current national character
education movement is returning us to that ancient wisdom." This quotation
came from the closing of an article that appeared in the February 1998 issue of the Phi
Delta Kappan written by Dr. Thomas Lickona, one of the most prominent voices in the
character education movement in the United States.
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