Tamzin Merchant Quotes

Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.

We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.

The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos. I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.

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.

Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation.

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.

The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive.

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

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.

We can't afford not to fully fund education.

One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

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

The education of a nation instead of being confined to a few schools and universities for the instruction of the few, must become the national care and expense for the formation of the many.

That there be equal educational opportunities for all and in all the States, and that public school expenditure be the same for Negro and white child.

An act to provide for the education of the poor, gratis

One hundred years ago free schools were little known in the United States. There were excellent schools for the well-to-do and charitable institutions for the instruction of boys and girls without means; but the free public school, open alike to the children of the rich and poor and supported by the State, awaited creation and development. The seed planted soon bore fruit. Free schools were the necessary supplement of free men. The wise and liberal provisions for public instruction by the fathers, second only in effect to their struggle for the independence and creation of the Union, were destined at no distant date to produce the most wonderful results.

The public schools in our neighborhood were so bad that the teachers in the school said you shouldn't send your kids here. My mother called around and found a school that was willing to give both me and my brother scholarship money. It's a classic story about black parents wanting more for their kids than they had for themselves.

I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education.

I think this generation can play a very important role. If we act now, this could be the first generation to witness universal education.

Everyone deserves the best start in life, which is what UNICEF is working to provide the world's most vulnerable children. Education is essential to a child's development. I hope that as an Ambassador I can encourage people to join UNICEF's mission to make education a reality for children throughout the world.

The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.

Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

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