Education Quotes
“Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.”
“Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.”
-- Seth Graham-Smith
“My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.”
-- Baz Luhrmann
“With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.”
-- Sally Kirkland
“Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime.”
-- Jonathan Kozol
“Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.”
-- Danny Glover