“No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.”

“We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.”

“Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.”

“Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.”

“The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.”

“Education is the transmission of civilization.”

“Education is all a matter of building bridges.”

“Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.”

“Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.”

“It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck.”

“For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.”

“The child who desires education will be bettered by it the child who dislikes it disgraced.”

“My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dad's union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege.”

“I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate.”

“Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.”

“By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools.”

“The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.”

“Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.”

“You see, some non-Catholic friends of mine have questioned the depth of my faith because of the fact that I have a good education.”

“Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.”

“Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.”