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" I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities. "

David McCullough

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" Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other. "

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" Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls' education. "

" President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education. "

" Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. "

" Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations. "

" Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted. "

" Nature has always had more force than education. "

" Education is a continual process, it's like a bicycle... If you don't pedal you don't go forward. "

" The first step in securing our cyber future is education, and that means everything from educating individuals to companies to the next generation of IT professionals. "

" Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary. "

" When people are connected, we can just do some great things. They have the opportunity to get access to jobs, education, health, communications. We have the opportunity to bring the people we care about closer to us. It really makes a big difference. "

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" American liberals have become addicted to the courtroom, relying on judges and lawyers rather than elected leaders and the ballot box, as the primary means of effecting their social agenda on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide to the use of vouchers for private-school education. "

" The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. "

Herbert Spencer

" Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. "

James A. Baldwin

" We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens. "

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" The highest result of education is tolerance. "

" Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once so well-settled that we ceased asking them, are now up for grabs. What should young people be learning? And what sorts of credentials indicate they're ready for the workforce? "

" We must recognize the fact that adequate food is only the first requisite for life. For a decent and humane life, we must also provide an opportunity for good education, remunerative employment, comfortable housing, good clothing, and effective and compassionate medical care. "

" I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan Pottinger, who was then head of the office for civil rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was enforcing the Nixon government contract program. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work. "

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" Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking, than learning how to critically think. And therefore, what I always think should be the basis of education is not answers but questions. "

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" I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. "

" Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. "

" Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like you would scale up making carburetors. And we can't, because human beings are very different from motorcars, and they have feelings about what they do and motivations in doing it, or not. "

" Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general. "

" Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority. "

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" If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed. "

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