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College Quotes by Barack Obama
- We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was in the state…
- Estiven Rodriguez couldn't speak a word of English when he moved to New York City at age nine. But last month, thanks to the support…
- Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got 50 percent of…
- I didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened not because of…
- And I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact, I'm able to…
- We're going to have to invest in the American people again, in tax cuts for the middle class, in health care for all Americans, and…
- With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
- Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.
- If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if…
- You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than…
- America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most educated workforce in…
- I am sending this Congress a bold new plan to lower the cost of community college to zero.
- Free community college is possible and I want to spread that idea all across America.
- The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to…
- I refuse to ask students to pay more for college; or kick children out of Head Start programs so those with the most can pay…
- No family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they dont have the money.
- I believe that we do best when the middle class is doing well. And by giving them those tax cuts, they had a little more…
- We won't grow the middle class simply by shifting the cost of health care or college onto families that are already struggling.
More College Quotes
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
- I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law. — Michele Bachmann
- I graduated high school and I didn't have a skill set and I didn't want to go to college. I needed a… — Amy Adams
- I was in college in Washington, D.C. I did three years full-time. I did all my requirements, and my senior year was… — Alec Baldwin
- If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher. — Syd Barrett
- I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we… — Dave Barry
- When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale… — Angela Bassett
- When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book… — Mario Batali
- When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do… — Alexander Graham Bell
- To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be,… — Dirk Benedict
- I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger… — Justin Bieber
- Kids seem to get me when I play colleges - they like it because I go after them. They'll come up after… — Lewis Black