“I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.”

“As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.”

“I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.”

“A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.”

“I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.”

“My job is to make sure that if you're a family in Florida, your children can get a good education and you have the opportunity for a job. That's my job and that's what I think about every day.”

“Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.”

“Formal education will make you a living self-education will make you a fortune.”

“I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.'”