Education Quotes
“The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.”
“In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.”
-- Camille Paglia
“Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might yearn for completion, and to reconstruct the learning that would enable them autonomously to seek that completion.”
-- Allan Bloom
“President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream.”
-- Cristina Saralegui
“Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools.”
-- Jonathan Sacks
“Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.”
-- Jenny McCarthy
“To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.”
-- Jonathan Sacks
“It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.”
-- Daisaku Ikeda