NAACP Quotes

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.

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.

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

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

Busing has only achieved white flight.

The abolition of the separate school system in the south raises serious practical problems.... We face the abolition of the public school system. Boldness is essential but wisdom is indispensable.

The advocates of the higher education of the Negro would be the last to deny the incompleteness and glaring defects of the present system: too many institutions have attempted to do college work, the work in some cases has not been thoroughly done, and quantity rather than quality has sometimes been sought. But all this can be said of higher education throughout the land.

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.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

During my time as a state legislator, I've pushed for significant investment in public school districts. In Congress, I would look forward to increasing federal public investment in education through initiatives like Race to the Top.

We've gotta guarantee all of our kids an education.

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education.

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.

The prisons are open all day long. I think the schools should be too.

I did more for the Russian serf in giving him land as well as personal liberty, than America did for the Negro slave set free by the proclamation of President Lincoln. How could you Americans have been so blind as to leave the Negro slave without the tools to work out his own salvation ….Without property of any kind he cannot education himself or his children.

I'll continue to fight for our schools.

No child's dream should be limited by the quality, or lack thereof, of the education they receive.

Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education.

Schools are the single largest lever of mobility in this country. When we commit to creating and enforcing laws that acknowledge the injustice of the past, we open up the possibility of using schools as a means of reducing inequality.

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

I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an education as is secured by attendance at the Protestant schools.

It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.