Quotes from the Ignorant Schoolmaster by Jacques Ranciere:

"Equality is neither given nor claimed, it is practiced, it is verified"
-Translator's Introduction, a quote by the title character. p. xxii


"Rhetoric is perverted poetry"
p. 84

"Universal teaching belongs to families, and the best that an enlightened ruler can do for its propagation is to use his authority to protect the free circulation of the service."
-p. 103

"Universal teaching can only be directed to individuals, never to societies."
-p.105