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I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided.

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.

Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy.

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

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until traditional education makes them afraid of making mistakes. The long-term value of making for kids is in learning to become an active participant in the world around them rather than a consumer of prepackaged products and solutions.

I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life.

Charm, I think, is education, really, no? I was educated to be nice to everybody. If you want to be rude and mean, I'm sure your life isn't that nice.

The first education to be a good chemist is to do well in high school science courses. Then, you go to college to really become a chemist. You want to take science and math. Those are the main things.

I concentrated on a lot of things, so very few people saw me as an education governor, an infrastructure governor.

Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair.

A Princeton education sets you up for life: you have learned how to learn, and at a time when technology has changed everything, you will constantly have to learn.

Moral Education is the source of that spiritual equilibrium on which everything else depends and which may be compared to that physical equilibrium or sense of balance, without which it is impossible to stand upright or to move into any other position.

If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course.

Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

Having traders elbow you while you are doing live TV is a good education in something.

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.

Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry.

As adults, we realize that the real future lies in the hands of our children and grandchildren. Our first priority should be the nurturing and education of America's youth.