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" Everything that makes man's life worthwhile - family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head - all this depends on the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people. "

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" A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice. "

John Paul Jones

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" I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray. It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work. "

" 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. "

" Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure that the education system we are funding is actually working and producing, at a minimum, what we would expect it to. "

" You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education. "

" Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life. "

" We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. "

" Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to sort of find ways and means through education system, from kindergarten up to university level, to make awareness these good things, the values, inner values. "

" The leaders of the world face no greater task than that of avoiding nuclear war. While preserving the cause of freedom, we must seek abolition of war through programs of general and complete disarmament. The Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 represents a significant beginning in this immense undertaking. "

" Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning. "

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Learning

Children

College

" He who opens a school door, closes a prison. "

" The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples. "

" Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education. "

" The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family. "

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

" There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education. "

" Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form the inner core of the beliefs of organized adult crime. "

" Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education. "

" I went to - I got a wonderful college education. I went to Harvard. In those four years, I accumulated a lot of knowledge, but I also created a kind of habit of learning that has stayed with me my whole life. "

John Lithgow

Learning

Life

" Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. "

Harvey Cushing

Down

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" Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. "

" If the purpose of the wall was to destroy Berlin, Herr Ulbricht and his cohorts have erred sadly. Berlin is not only going to continue to exist - it's going to grow and grow and grow. Its ties to West Germany will not be severed. "

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

" I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult. "

" It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. "

" Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up. "

" Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. "

" To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us. "

" Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies. "

" When the federal government invests in education, it should support quality education and career readiness rather than institutions that make empty promises. "