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" 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. "

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" The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students. "

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" One of the things that evangelicals do really, really well is to make giving a joyous, social enterprise. Too often, the world sees giving as a burden, a sacrifice, when in fact it's more like an opportunity to help others and oneself at the same time. "

" Federal government has forced a one-size-fits-all model on our education system. "

" Worrying about bills, food, or other problems leaves less capacity to think ahead or to exert self-discipline. So, poverty imposes a mental tax. "

" Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers. "

" Education is a precondition to survival in America today. "

Marian Wright Edelman

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America

Education

" In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it. "

" I was never close to Jerry Falwell because he had his ministry, I had mine. And we came from different theological training and from a different psychological education. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. "

Marian Wright Edelman

Better

Education

Community

" We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which are considered and accepted as bill of rights. These are to be insured to people. So all nations, all societies try to do that. "

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

" History is a race between education and catastrophe. "

" Moral Education is the source of that spiritual equilibrium on which everything else depends and which may be compared to that physical equilibrium or sense of balance, without which it is impossible to stand upright or to move into any other position. "

" Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world. "

" We already know that kids who get put in front of TVs instead of interacting, this is not good in all kinds of ways. And it's just not good for their cognitive - it's not good for their social development - I mean, that is incredible that kids in kindergarten... We should be moving away from screens at all levels of education, not moving into them. "

" Ignorant people are apt to overrate the value of what is called education. The sons of the poor, having suffered the privations of poverty, think of wealth as the mother of joy. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

Value

Education

Mother

" The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path to bridge the gap between different cultures and to reconcile various civilizations. Without such a right, the values of liberty, justice and equality will have no meaning. Ignorance is by far the biggest danger and threat to humankind. "

" I know kids are supposed to go through these awkward stages, but I just never even thought about that. I was too busy worrying about getting my education while I was working. "

" A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Years

Born

Child

" 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. "

" Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. "

" My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education. "

" When the poor know that their children will survive, when they educate their daughters, when they access family planning, they have fewer children. "

" Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat. "

" There is no cost difference between incarceration and an Ivy League education; the main difference is curriculum. "

" My countrymen, I have given proofs that I am one most anxious for liberties for our country, and I am still desirous of them. But I place as a prior condition the education of the people, that by means of instruction and industry our country may have an individuality of its own and make itself worthy of these liberties. "

" There's something to be said for CEOs' entering politics: In theory, they have management expertise and financial savvy. Then again, it didn't work so well with Dick Cheney. "