A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal...
A man who has never gone to school may steal...
A man who has never gone to school may steal...
A man who has never gone to school may steal...
About This Quote

In his book “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” In this quote, Fitzgerald is explaining that a person with a lower education level does not have the ability to become a criminal. However, a person with a higher education level understands better about how society works and can effectively use that knowledge to do wrong.

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