Greg Mortenson Quotes

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.

I believe that it is girls' human rights to go to school to be educated, minimum, until they are 18.

Canada truly understands that girls and women who have access to a safe and high-quality education is a priority.

The majority of small-holder farmers in Africa are women and, in urban areas, you're primarily looking at women-led households. So we can't solve hunger if we don't have gender-sensitive programming that addresses access to opportunities for women, whether it's through education or tools for cooking, like solar-powered stoves.

We have done a poor job educating people about education. Only when we have clarified that can we talk about how best to achieve it.

Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.

I want education for the sons and the daughters of all the extremists, especially the Taliban.

Education is the great growth industry of the Third World. Since the Second World War, we have multiplied the number of children in school by four, with even larger multiples for secondary and university education.

That there be equal educational opportunities for all and in all the States, and that public school expenditure be the same for Negro and white child.

… 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.

I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.

With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you've got in Africa now and like you've got in Haiti. So what we're talking about is there has to be an educational program. That's very important.

I want to make sure every child has the opportunity for quality education.

For more than 20 years, Camfed has supported a generation of African girls and women with access to secondary and higher education, employment opportunities, and, ultimately, into positions of leadership.

Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.

India, with one of the largest education systems in the world, has always been a priority for Khan Academy.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.

The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.

Women are emerging as a major force for change. Countries that have invested in girls' education and removed legal barriers that prevent women from achieving their potential are now seeing the benefits.