Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
F. David Mathews
Born: December 6, 1935 (age 89)
Bio: Forrest David Mathews served as the 11th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1975 to 1977, during the administration of President Gerald R. Ford. He also served two nonconsecutive terms as the president of the University of Alabama.
Known for:
- Politics for People (1994)
- Is There a Public for Public Schools? (1996)
- Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools? (2002)







