to instill

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Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic and the merits of self-improvement. J. G. Ballard

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic. Kathie Lee Gifford

The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. Hannah Arendt

We should ... stop the political indoctrination of our children and begin proudly teaching them the real history of the West instead of multiculturalist lies designed to instill shame in our own heritage. We must also prepare the coming generation for the difficult times ahead. Geert Wilders

Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little. Amy Chua

I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace. Markus Wolf

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