Colin Powell Quotes

The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system.

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.

I don't know how many speeches I have given saying, 'No child worse off.'

To give every child a fair chance to succeed, we need to give them the best possible start in life. For far too many that isn't happening.

My job is making sure that every child gets a good school place. If there is a particular disadvantage to a community, you invest more. Because that's the Labour way.

Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.

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.

Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.

Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.

If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access to quality education.

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, it's time for us to take a hard look at the separate and unequal conditions that still exist in our schools and our communities and rededicate ourselves to fulfilling the promise of equal opportunity for all.

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

Access to quality early care and education is an important part of our efforts to make San Francisco more equitable, and ensure that every child who grows up here can thrive.

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

We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.

We must ensure that every single child can go as far as their ability and their aspirations will take them.

Education should be a fundamental human right.

I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.

Equality in education is my number one battle.

My hobby more and more is likely to be common school education, or universal education.

My dream is to see every girl educated, in every country.

The goal of my philanthropic work has always been to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to his or her potential. That means our work won't be done until every child has access to quality education from early childhood to adulthood.

If the Tories are serious about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to learn, regardless of their background, then the only thing they need to review is Labour's manifesto.

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.