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I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.

Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.

I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.

Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children.

When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love for the art of teaching they were speaking to.

Excellent teachers showered on to us like meteors: Biology teachers holding up human brains, English teachers inspiring us with a personal ideological fierceness about Tolstoy and Plato, Art teachers leading us through the slums of Boston, then back to the easel to hurl public school gouache with social awareness and fury.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.