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" The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. "

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" In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their skin, is entitled to as good an education as the richest parent in America can give to their children. "

" You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun. "

Josephine Baker

" 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. "

" My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects. "

Robert M. Hutchins

" I haven't had any formal education. Through the grace of god, I am gifted in mathematics and the English language. "

Shakuntala Devi

" The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need. "

" I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon. "

" Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. "

" With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.' "

" I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do. "

Wynton Marsalis

" Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled. "

" This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. "

William Glasser

" A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care. "

" You can't legislate good will - that comes through education. "

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

" It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. "

" Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense. "

" Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home; that young Afghan women today are not only accessing an education but are able to meet young people from around the world and cheer on a robot of their own making is something beautiful. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

" Education is the transmission of civilization. "

" The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can no longer promote marriage as a way of avoiding poverty and bad choices that they make in their life. They can no longer even teach abstinence education. They have to be neutral with respect to how people behave. "

" Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge. "

" Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. "

" Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books. "

Nicholas Kristof

" I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education. "

Callan McAuliffe

" Martial arts should be part of every girl's education. "

" I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. "