“And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?”

“Education is a precondition to survival in America today.”

“He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.”

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

“We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.”

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

“You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.”

“Education is not so important as people think.”