Education Quotes
“We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.”
“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”
-- George Bernard Shaw
“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.”
-- Horace Mann
“All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts.”
-- John Walters
“As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.”
-- Naguib Mahfouz