“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”

“In our post-9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy.”

“No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.”

“Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.”

“You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.”

“What you have in most education software is that they're catering to the decision-maker who makes the budget allocations, and that decision-maker has a lot of check boxes. Does it do this? Check. Does it do that? Check. They could care less about the end user experience.”

“I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.”

“Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.”

“Education is the best economic policy there is.”