“To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.”– Jonathan Sacks Related Quotes “Education has for its object the formation of character.”– Herbert Spencer “About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.”– Reed Hastings “He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.”– Charles Caleb Colton