Generation Quote by Andrew Neil

“Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.”

— Maya Angelou

I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.

— Jimmy John Liautaud

Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.

— James Harden

“All who have meditated upon the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depend upon the education of youth.”

— Aristotle

I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have…

— Helen Mirren

At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' But I…

— Paulo Freire

One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I…

— Jeremy Paxman

I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15.

— Boots Riley

Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you…

— Noam Chomsky

I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.

— Elia Kazan

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories…

— Dario Fo

For me, education was power.

— Michelle Obama