Education Quotes
“Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.”
“By education most have been misled So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.”
-- John Dryden
“Heart and head are the constituent parts of character temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.”
-- Giacomo Casanova
“A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all.”
-- Cornel West
“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.”
-- Robert M. Hutchins
“Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.”
-- Judy Biggert
“Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.”
-- Blanche Lincoln