Public Education Quotes

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the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his… — Thomas Jefferson
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds… — Eli Broad
Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public… — Thomas Jefferson
[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken… — H. L. Mencken
I have been long sensible that while I was endeavoring to render our country the greatest of all services, that of regenerating the public education,… — Thomas Jefferson
There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and the sub-division of… — Thomas Jefferson
We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen. — Frank Rizzo
A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand… — Herbert Hoover
The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed class that pays… — Michael Parenti
Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal. And it was a giant family discussion. But it was… — Matt Damon
Building on exhaustive research and probing into such diverse enterprises as textbook production and marketing, public education, and state-level politics, Adam R. Shapiro has situated… — Randall Balmer
In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place — Earl Warren
This is an historic day for American public education and for our nation as we begin the journey to level the academic playing field for… — William Bradley Bryant
I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the… — Eli Broad
I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education better. — Sarah Palin
Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every… — Rod Blagojevich
The public education movement has also been an anti-Christian movement...We can change education in America if you put Christian principles in and Christian pedagogy in.… — Pat Robertson
The rascal multitude are the proper targets of the mass media and a public education system geared to obedience and training in needed skills, including… — Noam Chomsky
Humanitys greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality… — Bill Gates

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