--- title: "11 National Education Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 National Education quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best National Education sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/ilana-mercer-6995_als_the-national-education-association-is-th_1976987.jpg" --- > [The National Education Association is the al-Qaida of education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/the-national-education-association-is-the-al-qaida-of-education/) [Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/ilana-mercer-6995_als_the-national-education-association-is-th_1976987.jpg) > [National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/national-education-to-be-truly-national-must-reflect-the-national/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/mahatma-gandhi-23_conditions_national-education-to-be-truly-national_1401018.jpg) > [I don't know if I'm a national education figure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeb-bush/i-don-t-know-if-i-m-a-national-education-figure/) [Jeb Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeb-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c9/jeb-bush-1082_education_i-don-t-know-if-i-m-a-national-education_2484127.png) > [The way I want to try and end private schools is by making our national education service so good you wouldn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-rayner/the-way-i-want-to-try-and-end-private-schools-is-by-making-our/) [Angela Rayner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-rayner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/angela-rayner-5644_education_the-way-i-want-to-try-and-end-private-sc_17242.jpg) > [Someone said I have had my popularity diminished by getting into the controversy of national education. Perhaps they are right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-lam/someone-said-i-have-had-my-popularity-diminished-by-getting-into-the/) [Carrie Lam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-lam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/carrie-lam-8302_education_someone-said-i-have-had-my-popularity-di_1084343.jpg) > [I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cobden/i-confess-that-for-fifteen-years-my-efforts-in-education-and-my-hopes/) [Richard Cobden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cobden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/richard-cobden-16480_community_i-confess-that-for-fifteen-years-my-effo_862511.jpg) > [What then is the purpose of national education? Rather than devise complex theoretical interpretations, it is better to start by looking to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsunesaburo-makiguchi/what-then-is-the-purpose-of-national-education-rather-than-devise/) [Tsunesaburo Makiguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsunesaburo-makiguchi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/tsunesaburo-makiguchi-60761_able_what-then-is-the-purpose-of-national-edu_2016029.png) > [“The modulating principle of “salary according to merit” has not failed to tempt national education itself. Indeed, just as the corporation replaces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilles-deleuze/the-modulating-principle-of-salary-according-to-merit-has-not-failed/) [Gilles Deleuze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilles-deleuze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/gilles-deleuze-3530_education_the-modulating-principle-of-salary-accor_116327.jpg) > [ “Today, our most important and most productive task is the national education \[unification and modernization\] affairs. We have to be successful in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atat-rk/today-our-most-important-and-most-productive-task-is-the-national/) [Atatürk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atat-rk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/atat-rk-221320_education_today-our-most-important-and-most-produc_986783.jpg) > [I envy neither the heart nor the head of any legislator who has been born to an inheritance of privileges, who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-harper/i-envy-neither-the-heart-nor-the-head-of-any-legislator-who-has-been/) [Frances Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/frances-harper-23401_behinds_i-envy-neither-the-heart-nor-the-head-of_884950.jpg) > [Most of our competitor nations around the world have a national education system and America is the only major nation in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-glenn/most-of-our-competitor-nations-around-the-world-have-a-national/) [John Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-glenn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/john-glenn-12081_america_most-of-our-competitor-nations-around-th_1029939.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/national-education/#itemlist", "name": "National Education Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The National Education Association is the al-Qaida of education.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ilana Mercer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/the-national-education-association-is-the-al-qaida-of-education/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/ilana-mercer-6995_als_the-national-education-association-is-th_1976987.jpg", "contentUrl": 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