Jim Clyburn Quotes

Public education is the great equalizer of America.

I don't believe in private education.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

I care about education for everyone, not just the elite.

If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.

Tomorrow everybody--or practically everybody--will have had the education of the upper class of yesterday.

… adult education should be made available … so that our less privileged groups may be able to avail themselves of new openings which require more education than they possess.

I don't think a good education should be confined to a privileged few.

My wife and I have been passionate about education being a gateway for upward mobility and equality.

In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.

If you're a citizen of the State of New York, your kid has as much a right as another kid to an education, and the best education. The money should be distributed equally to all.

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.

Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account.

I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?'

Public schooling is welfare for the middle class.

Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society.

… public education was first provided for boys only; but light soon broke in, and girls were allowed to attend the public schools two hours a day.

Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable 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.

We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.

Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That's me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free).

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

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.

I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!

A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility.