Chance Quote by Barack Obama

Education was the gateway to opportunity for me and for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.

— Barack Obama

The 'futures' and 'careers' for which American students now prepare are for the most part intellectual and moral wastelands. This chrome-plated consumers' paradise would…

— Mario Savio

We are all concerned about the future of American education. But as I tell my students, you do not enter the future - you…

— Jaime Escalante

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.

— Ed Markey

Our economic future rests on the extent to which all students, especially those who represent America's growing majority, have access to rigorous, college-preparatory classes…

— Chaka Fattah

The bottom line is that our kids deserve a brighter future. They deserve an opportunity to attend college, regardless of their wealth or class.…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Education is the key to opportunity. It's a ticket out of poverty.

— George H. W. Bush

A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility.

— Nicholas Kristof

I believe that education offers the fastest route to economic mobility. I grew up with a family of strong, accomplished, and educated women. I…

— Eva Longoria

America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and…

— Ronald Reagan

“They know that as long as they keep us undereducated, or with an inferior education, it’s impossible for us to compete with them for…

— Malcolm X

My wife and I have been passionate about education being a gateway for upward mobility and equality.

— Chris Long