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" All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear. "

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" During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. "

Jonathan Kozol

Black And White

Time

Black

" When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education. "

" Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the United States, the bottom line for all of you is that you have got to get your education. "

Michelle Obama

Education

Want

" The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. "

" The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife. "

" My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it's about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn't. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don't take what they have for granted. "

Kevin Hart

Opportunities

Education

" The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education. "

" A good education is a foundation for a better future. "

" If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. "

" With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you've got in Africa now and like you've got in Haiti. So what we're talking about is there has to be an educational program. That's very important. "

" I'd really love to see a business model for higher education going forward that is actually affordable, that uses modern technology to reach scale and quality and that really reimburses the services rendered in a way that's meaningful to everybody. "

" The idea that we're going to austerity ourselves into prosperity is so mistaken, and honestly, I feel like one of the big problems we have is that, because Democrats don't have a deep understanding of or degrees in economics, they allow Wall Street folks to roll in the door and think that they're giving them an education. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Education

Problems

Think

" Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. "

" Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home; that young Afghan women today are not only accessing an education but are able to meet young people from around the world and cheer on a robot of their own making is something beautiful. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Beautiful

Leadership

Education

" Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life. "

" A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. "

Horace Mann

Education

Human

" Federal government has forced a one-size-fits-all model on our education system. "

" My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them. "

" You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education. "

" I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need. "

" I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart. "

" I've always believed in the importance of education and continuing to learn throughout every stage of life. "

" Originally, I think, I wanted to be an actor. But I got into broadcasting by accident, if you will, because I needed money to pay for my college education. I applied for a summer announcing job at a couple of radio stations. "

" 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. "

" I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer. "

" The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education. "

" The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence. "

" I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool. "

" Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. "

" I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question. "