Rajiv Gandhi Quotes

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes. To do so will require the efforts of us all-teachers, administrators, taxpayers and statesmen. Education is a social process, perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country; it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today.

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.

Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.

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.

Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.

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

If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.

Education ... is the great equalizer of the conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machinery.

Public education is the great equalizer of America.

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

There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty.

Ted Kennedy’s life’s work was not to champion those with wealth or power or special connections. It was to give a voice to those who were not heard, to add a rung to the ladder of opportunity, to make real the dream of our founding.

… 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.

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn’t be limited to the wealthiest few.

What I see is democratizing education will change everything.

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

Equality in education is my number one battle.

Education ought to be affordable for everybody. That only advances a society.

All boys and girls should have the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, no matter what part of the country they live in and irrespective of whether their parents are rich or poor. It is the state's duty to make sufficient money available for the establishment of good public schools. A well-educated youth is crucial so that Chile can continue to grow economically.

In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.

Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.

In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.