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Education Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
- Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake…
- At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the…
- We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
- Each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it. And if we cannot educate…
- We are now embarked on another venture to put the American dream to work in meeting the new demands of a new day. Once again…
- Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
- [E]very man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential - unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.
- It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity.
- Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.
- ...International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full…
- A third place to build the Great Society is in the classrooms of America. There your children's lives will be shaped. Our society will not…
- Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished…
- In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid teachers are unqualified.…
- But more classrooms and more teachers are not enough. We must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows in size. This…
- In addition to our existing programs, I will recommend a new program for schools and students with a first-year authorization of $1,500 million.
- It will help at every state along the road to learning. For the pre-school years we will help needy children become aware of the excitement…
- For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools.
- For the college years we will provide scholarships to high school students of the greatest promise and greatest need and guarantee low-interest loans to students…
- New laboratories and centers will help our schools lift their standards of excellence and explore new methods of teaching. These centers will provide special training…
- Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake…
- In 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar, the Second President of the Republic of Texas and the Father of Texas education, declared: 'The cultivated mind is the…
- Education is 'the guardian genius of our democracy.' Nothing really means more to our future, not our military defenses, not our missiles or our bombers,…
- 'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be indifferent to the…
- I don't think that I need to tell you how important to the outcome of that race is the education legislation that is now before…
- Way back last summer I asked some of the most outstanding educational minds in this Nation to tackle this problem. I gave them a single…
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe