John C. Stennis Quotes

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

The seeds of a fruitful society are sown in the minds of its youth.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

We want our legacy to stand upon the youth. We want to give knowledge to the younger generation and be a part of changing the game.

I feel like my role is to be one of those voices who reaches the youth.

If you ever get in a position to influence and inspire the youth of the country, you should do it.

The kids are our future.

Young people are our future, and I always want to help them to grow.

The youth is the future, and anything I can do to give to them, I'll do it.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

Children aren't just our future. They're our present.

I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.

I think that my peers deserve more than products to buy wrapped up in advertising. We need ideas to share and causes to believe in - opportunities to lead and teach.

Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

My grandfather raised me believing in the power of youth to change the world.

Education is the mother of leadership.

The study of history is in the truest sense an education, and a training for political life.

Teach the great what is useful to him, be his aid before the people.

We are raising students in America who are, by and large, historically illiterate.

There is no excuse for letting another generation be as vastly ignorant, or as devoid of understanding … as we are ourselves.

I'm read in the Caribbean with justice, with fairness. What I expect it to do is to encourage articulacy in the young.