Sonia Sotomayor 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.

I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

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.

Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That's me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free).

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!

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

Equality in education is my number one battle.

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.

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.

Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system.

As more and more minority groups fill our nation's classrooms, what can we do to even the separate-but-forever-unequal playing field? Now that's a question many very smart people have spent decades trying to answer.

Only Labour will provide the radical changes needed to create a free, fair and funded education system, which protects education as a right for the many, not a privilege for the few.

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.

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

Segregation has no place in the education system.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

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

To make me believe that those men who have regulated education in our country have humanity in their hearts is to make me believe a lie.

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

Public education is the great equalizer of America.

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.

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

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.