Michael Farris Quotes

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

The key for all cities is whether you turn the public schools around.

We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available.

We used to have superb public schools. I guess we don't anymore, but, boy, the public schools were really something and I am a product of those in Indianapolis.

Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.

Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake. I believe in public education; it did a great job for me. It deserves our support and encouragement.

I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system is meeting 21st Century education needs.

The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

The public schools have indeed been the most powerful single engine of subversion that our enemies have used upon us.

Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interferes with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

I went to public schools, which is to say publicly financed.

I think people don't talk enough about education and what we need to do in our public education system.

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country.

Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.

I think there is widespread agreement that there is a crisis in public education.

We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.