# Quote — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited

> Children are nowhere taught, in any systematic way, to distinguish true from false, or meaningful from meaningless, statements. Why is this so? Because their elders, even in the democratic countries, do not want them to be given this kind of education.

- Author: [Aldous Huxley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aldous-huxley.md)
- Book: [Brave New World Revisited](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aldous-huxley/brave-new-world-revisited.md)
- Page: 106
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley#Brave_New_World_Revisited_(1958)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/aldous-huxley/brave-new-world-revisited/children-are-nowhere

## More from this book

> It is in the social sphere, in the realm of politics and economics, that the Will to Order becomes really dangerous.

p. 22 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aldous-huxley/brave-new-world-revisited/it-is-in-the.md)

> Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life.

p. 20 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aldous-huxley/brave-new-world-revisited/societies-are-composed.md)

> In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.

p. 113 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aldous-huxley/brave-new-world-revisited/in-any-race.md)