Munira Mirza Quotes

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their skin, is entitled to as good an education as the richest parent in America can give to their children.

Equality in education is my number one battle.

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.

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.

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

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.

We cannot allow our kids not to have an educational opportunity.

I would like to make it so that education was a right, and not a privilege.

The government's objective, broadly expressed, is that all persons, whatever their level of ability, whether they live in town or country, have a right as citizens to a free education of the kind for which they are best fitted and to the fullest extent of their powers.

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?'

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

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

You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education.

Access to a quality education in our country is a civil right for all Americans young and old. But to ensure it for scores of our fellow Americans, we must rethink education.

I believe you have a birthright to a good education.

Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.

Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.

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

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!

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.

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

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.

… 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 see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.