Patrick J. Kennedy Quotes

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.

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.

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

In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.

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

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

The quality of your public education shouldn't be defined by your zip code.

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!

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.

I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa.

Some people say that we will never fix education in America until we fix poverty. I think that they have it exactly wrong. We will never fix poverty until we fix education.

Education is the civil rights issue of our era.

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

… 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.

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

When millions of kids are missing out on school, delivering educational services becomes an issue that concerns the humanitarian system.

Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.

I don't believe in private education.

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

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

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

America is the best half-educated country in the world.