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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.

I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future.

Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.

I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.

Education is the cornerstone of our communities and our country.

Education is the foundation for all we do in life, it shapes who we are and what we aspire to be. Creativity fuels innovation, and it's what all states should strive to instill in the next generations.

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.