“Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.”

“Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.”

“The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.”

“Education is the transmission of civilization.”

“Education is all a matter of building bridges.”

“Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.”

“Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.”

“It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck.”

“For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.”