Capable Quote by Alan Keyes

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful unless those…

— John Dewey

Surely in a country that works for everyone ensuring that everyone has access to an excellent education should be the first priority of any…

— Angela Rayner

Most high governmental officials who speak of education policy seem to conceive of education in this light - as a way to ensure economic…

— Derek Bok

An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable…

— Thomas Jefferson

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

— Maynard James Keenan

There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we…

— John F. Kennedy

Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their…

— Francesc Ferrer i Guardia

We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have…

— Margaret Spellings

“...the establishment of a universal system of public education inevitably changed the relations of education to the state. It is this above all else…

— Christopher Henry Dawson

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. The superficial explanation is that a government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful…

— John Dewey

Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that…

— Angelique Kidjo

The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good…

— Sandra Day O'Connor