Desmond Tutu Quotes

Education, when delivered properly, can benefit a lot of people and make productive citizens out of those otherwise given no hope.

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.

Education is and will be the most powerful tool for individual and social change, and we must do all that it takes to facilitate it.

America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity to all citizens, no matter how humble their background, so they could climb higher, help build the American dream, and leave a better life for those who follow.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.

You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.

I believe education is the great equalizer.

A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.

Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.

Health and education are always issues.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

Give education and knowledge to the common people.

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights.

I am committed to leveling the playing field and expanding opportunity to all.

I believe that the way to justice is education.

We must work towards solutions that make housing, transportation, the workforce, and higher education more equitable.

We are fighting for an affordable, diverse community where all of us can thrive.

Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded.

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's my responsibility for me to do whatever I can to provide these opportunities in communities to be able to educate them.

I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.

I think that's what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether it's education or housing.

I don't want anyone to feel they can't achieve their ambitions if they are dyslexic.

If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.