Condoleezza Rice Quotes

Education is the civil rights issue of our era.

In the US, the problem is primary and secondary education. We've had such an increase in inequality because a quarter of American kids don't finish high school!

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.

In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.

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.

I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.

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.

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

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.

What I'd like to say is that I think the lives of every one of these little kids who are trapped in these unsafe and failing schools are too important, and I'm willing to take the abuse in order to help them.

Education is important. And the difference of the zip code you grow up in or the zip code you are born in and how you turn out really isn't fair to the kids of our world.

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 that every child in Maryland deserves a world-class education, regardless of what neighborhood they grow up in.

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

In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

Did it ever occur to anyone that if you put nice libraries in public schools you wouldn't have to put them in prisons?

No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an education, a job, or simple justice.

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

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

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

Free school meals for all children, no matter what their background, will improve the education and health of our children.

I wish it were true that every child had access to an education that helped them reach their full potential.

I believe that the key to building a strong economy in Wisconsin starts with education. Every single kid in our state deserves access to a good public education, no matter their zip code.

Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on.