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Everything I ever will be is because of Texas A&M University.

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world.

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

Indeed, the study of universities and the great men and women who have attended them leads me to think that the best of these schools are characterized not so much by what they teach and how they teach it but by the extent they provide opportunities and encouragement for students to teach themselves.

I don't think I could have thought of any place other than Stanford to leave Harvard for.

I love the idea of a university as away from capitalist values, where people can do things that don't immediately have to pay their way. It's like a monastery in a way, and that beautiful refuge has been destroyed by dogma about what this stuff is for.

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.

I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.