If the community wish to have the benefit of more knowledge and intelligence in the labouring classes, it must dispense it at the public charge.
The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings
Businesses must invest in products and people in order to create new wealth.
It's good to pay high taxes - you have free schools, free universities. It's a much more decent society than those where everybody pays their own way, and some people don't get anything.
When you invest in people and lift them toward their potential, they will love you for it.
What makes a successful country is when you invest in the people of the country - whether it's education, health care, job training - and you rebuild a clean America to provide the kind of infrastructure that will be sustainable and let us grow.
The employee relationships are important, investment in our people is important, and the ability to do work at multiple sites is important.
So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
I'm for innovation and a commitment to a rising tide that lifts all boats for all Americans.
I have enjoyed the personal use of money; but I have gotten the greatest satisfaction from using it to advance my beliefs in human relations, human values.
Our safety net must reflect our country's belief that - without exception - Americans are not liabilities to be written off but assets to be realized.
Whenever I have launched a new talent, I have taken complete responsibility, like I am launching my own kid.
Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry.
If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.
If all you think we need to do to get this economy going and get this country on the right track is to cut government and reduce taxes, you don't understand America. America is a moral enterprise, not an economic enterprise.
As you may know, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, awards grants only to countries which rule justly, promote economic freedom, and invest in their people.
I come from a background in the military where everyone had health care. We understood the value of education as a given. You learn a skill, earn a pension and go on to 'Be all that you can be'... You invest in people. You hold people accountable.
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.
We are a small country. That means there will be lots of similarities in policies. The priorities are about the same issues - you have to create more jobs; you have to invest in people so they are qualified for the jobs the new economy will bring.
It's private enterprise that can create jobs and fill them. It's business that can train people and make them productive tax-payers. And it's America Inc. that has the most to gain from tapping this extraordinary human resource.
You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.
As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people.
