Unless the young can use language effectively, both to express their own minds and to understand the minds of others, it is difficult to see how we c… - P. D. James

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Unless the young can use language effectively, both to express their own minds and to understand the minds of others, it is difficult to see how we can have a vigorous democracy in which ideas and policies can be intelligently presented, considered and criticised or achieve that understanding with other countries which nations enjoy through access to each other's language and literature.