Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.
All countries have poor people. Yet it's a very rare country which understands the indignities of poverty, while education systems maintain the status quo. The children of the elite go to the best schools and get the best jobs, not because they are the best. We're not taking advantage of the intellectual power on this planet.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.
Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
We know from hard research that educated populations have lower growth rates, are more peaceful, and add to the global economy.
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