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" In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education. "

Russell Means

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" Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. "

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

" If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist in heterosexual instruction? Will there be the same presentation of homosexual activity? Of course there will. "

" In every new generation, the impulses supposed to have been rooted out by discipline in the child break forth again when the struggle for existence - of the individual in society, of the society in the life of the state - begins. These passions are not transformed by the prevalent education of the day, but only repressed. "

" A high school diploma will no longer be sufficient. But that post secondary education does not have to be a four-year university or a four-year college. It can be career technical education, vocational education, community college. "

" Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it. "

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Here

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" Desegregation of schools does not automatically transform them into better schools. It is only a step. The larger goal is to see that the education of our youth is not merely desegregated, but that it is excellent. "

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

" If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school. "

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

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

" Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in. "

Muhammad Yunus

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Village

" Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for that. Do you want Medicare for senior citizens? I do. We have to pay for it. "

" Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in. "

" Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question. "

" You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education. "

" The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children. "

" 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. "

" I never let schooling interfere with my education. "

" Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system. "

" The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California. "

" I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out. "

" We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from very hard-nosed economists, is one of the very best investments that the society can possibly make. And yet we still don't have public support for things like preschools. "

" My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. "

" Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. "

" Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation. "

" Education is all a matter of building bridges. "

" Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. "

" We think about education as a stepping stone into a higher socio-economic class, into a better job. And it does do those things. But I don't think that's what it really is. I experienced it as getting access to different ideas and perspectives and using them to construct my own mind. "

" The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. "