John T. Chambers Quotes

Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.

I care about education for everyone, not just the elite.

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.

The Internet has empowered us. It has empowered you, it has empowered me, and it has empowered some other guys as well.

There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want.

We must close the digital divide.

Our goal in life ought to be to extend this medium [the Internet] so that it is available to every man, woman and child in the country.

Education ... is the great equalizer of the conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machinery.

Give education and knowledge to the common people.

Education is the most powerful tool for everything but certainly to create opportunities for yourself, and I know that not everyone has the privilege of an education like here in America.

Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.

I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.

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

I believe education is the great equalizer.

Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in.

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.

The thing which attracted me to Google and to the Internet in general is that it's a great equalizer. I've always been struck by the fact that Google search worked the same, as long as you had access to a computer with connectivity, if you're a rural kid anywhere or a professor at Stanford or Harvard.

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

We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.

Education … is the great equalizer of all the other conditions of men.

Public education is the great equalizer of America.

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had.

The Internet and digital technologies can and will boost economic, social, and political development, including by vastly expanding the capacity of individuals to enjoy their right to freedom of speech and expression, which is key to empowering human rights.