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The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

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.

Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here.

America is the best half-educated country in the world.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Education is the best economic policy there is.

There are so many people around the world in need of high-quality education and really starving for education.

Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.