The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.

Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.

I think the inconveniences of a segregated education are much greater than the inconveniences of busing students so that they can get an integrated quality education.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.