“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.”

“I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.”

“I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree.”

“We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.”

“Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education!”

“The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education.”

“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.”

“Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself indeed, it seems to execute itself.”

“We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.”