J. William Fulbright Quotes

I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that people should have given to it.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance...

Education is a slow moving but powerful force

If we were to compile a list of the ways in which the United States has made both itself and the wider world a better place, then at or very near the top would be its commitment to universal education.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

Education is the foundation of social progress and economic development.

Education will never be raised to a level adequate to the demands of the present form of civilization--it is woefully inadequate now--till international ethical action raises it.

I have made education a top priority of this Administration because when we get it right, when every child learns, America will be a more hopeful place.

Educational progress is a national concern; education is a private one.

There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.

Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.

Everybody in this country who wants to should be able to get as much education as they want. Education is the best resource we have.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history.

We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.

If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access to quality education.

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.

Education has become a condition of national survival.

If we are to make any real, speedy and substantial progress, we must earnestly tackle this question and bring our educational policy and program on the lines suited to the genius of our people, consonant with our history and culture, and having regard to the modern conditions and vast developments that have taken place all over the world. .

Education came to be one of the great preoccupations, enlightenment was viewed as the greatest single opportunity to escape .... Parents made untold sacrifice to secure learning for their children that they had been denied.

The psychology of education is all about how the society gets benefited from it.

I thought I was leaving elected office and politics in order to focus on schooling, but as you know, schooling turns out to be frankly even more political than politics.

Education is the only solution. Education first.

My hobby more and more is likely to be common school education, or universal education.

I was very fortunate to be able to go to school and university, because many people our age couldn't complete school. This gift of education must be used in whatever ways we can to uplift the people.