Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
Government tends to stifle innovation, and it abhors improvisation. Any good military strategist will tell you that a battle plan rarely survives… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
If politicians in a state block education choice, it means those politicians do not support equal opportunity for all kids. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
If we can manage to break free, to open the system and embrace all choices for education, we will be the first… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
When we had segregated schools and when we had a time when, you know, girls weren't allowed to have the same kind… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
The older generations are too wedded to political parties, too wedded to romantic memories of what education was like when they were… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
It shouldn't matter what type of school a student attends, so long as the school is the right fit for that student. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
If you can't get cell phone service in your living room, then your particular provider is failing you. You should have the option to… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
President-elect Trump and I know it won't be Washington, D.C., that unlocks our nation's potential, nor a bigger bureaucracy, tougher mandates, or a federal… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
I can assure you I have never made decisions on my mother's behalf on her foundation's board. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
We can focus on differences that divide us, or we can choose to listen and learn from each other's experiences. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
Opening a complaint for investigation in no way implies that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a determination about the merits of… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
That's where my heart has been for three decades is to really empower and allow all families the same kind of opportunities I've had… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
No student should feel like there isn't a way to seek justice, and no student should feel that the scales are tipped against him… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
