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" I cannot live without books. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" For my part, I desire to see the time when education - and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry - shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period. "

Abraham Lincoln

" Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace. "

Kailash Satyarthi

" My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding. "

" Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. "

G. M. Trevelyan

" Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems. "

" In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education. "

" Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact. "

" A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity. "

Randi Weingarten

" The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. "

John W. Gardner

" Unfortunately, I have been a little disappointed that we have issues out there like traditional marriage, abortion, school education, and we have so much silence from the black community, from black preachers, because they understand first hand the impact of all that. "

" I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. "

" 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. "

" Education can help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. Teaching students to make healthy decisions can improve habits now and instill healthy eating habits for a lifetime. "

Matt Cartwright

" That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for my education. "

" It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. "

Thomas Jefferson

" 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. "

" Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. "

Bertrand Russell

" Without an education, you won't have a future. "

" With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job. "

Jennifer Granholm

" You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by educated Negroes, too. "

" Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system. "

" Education is freedom. "

" I think people understand that if you're going to have a successful economy, you need people's potential to be realized. That means education. It means university education, sure, but it also means training, apprenticeships and various kinds of skills diplomas that we know are necessary. "

" I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. "

" The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education. "

" The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. "

" Get your education, and if you see small opportunities, take them. Each one could be a stepping stone to something bigger. "

Trisha Yearwood

" A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. "