Randi Weingarten Quotes

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained.

I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of.

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Most high governmental officials who speak of education policy seem to conceive of education in this light - as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth. I strongly disagree with this approach.

Education does loads of things for girls that won't surprise you at all - it provides self-esteem, teaches important life skills, and offers the kinds of choices a good education can give anyone.

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.

From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

Education is not just another consumer item. It is the bedrock of our democracy.

Give education and knowledge to the common people.

The fundamental purpose of schools is to grow adults.

Education gives girls the knowledge, experience, and confidence to play their rightful role in society.

I think education is something that is very important no matter what you are doing. It makes you feel secure, independent, and helps you build confidence in yourself. It grooms your whole personality. So if it starts from the basic level; if the basic education that a girl and a boy receive is the same, I think a lot will change.

Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality.

You can't just shuffle people around like they're deck chairs on a ship. You have to help them change their lives, and you have to give them the requisite resources to do so.

Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

I love this country, but I feel like we're losing sight of who actually holds the power and what makes us great: it's the people, the communities, the small places that are forgotten, everyone that's striving.

Education is equally important in one's life.

I'd been going to school up to the third term of year 11 at MLC, and there was no point in dropping out. Having gone through Year 12, there's so much that helps you acquire the knowledge you need. It helps you in life.

When I grew up, I realised what an amazing thing my parents did. It was such a big deal for my mom, a middle class woman, to decide to leave her children and husband to go and do her Ph.D. for three years. And my dad, who is even more middle class, a traditional South Indian, to let his wife do that.

We know that education is the key to unlocking human potential.

All children everywhere deserve the opportunity that is unlocked for them by education.

Stay in school because education provides you with an opportunity. Opportunity is all you can ask for.

Where civil society is welcomed, communities are more safe, more secure, and more prosperous.