Men become civilized, (even educated) not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
--H. L. Mencken

Elections Winning a state election doesn't get any ignorant than this

Judged by Premier Bob Carr's launch speech, schools in NSW are the most successful in Australia and standards have never been so strong. In Carr's words, literacy standards for 15-year-olds are equal to the best in the world and last year the literacy rates for years 3 and 5 were the best since testing began. The Premier's education policy may please the teacher unions, but parents are voting with their feet.
· Union v Children [SMH]