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" Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. "

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" Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens. "

" The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. "

" I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future. "

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" America is the best half-educated country in the world. "

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" Millennials easily connect the dots between good education and good opportunities, and they also understand that it isn't just hard work that determines how well a child will be educated - it also depends on where they live and the resources their parents commit to their education. "

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" It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. "

Albert Einstein

" The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification. "

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" Governments never learn. Only people learn. "

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