All LYNDON B. JOHNSON Quotes about “Education”

“Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.”
“We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.”
“Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.”
“But more classrooms and more teachers are not enough. We must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows in size. This means better training for our teachers. It means preparing youth to enjoy their hours of leisure as well as their hours of labor. It means exploring new techniques of teaching, to find new ways to stimulate the love of learning and the capacity for creation.”
“Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.”
“We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.”
“In my state, on the basis of the separate but equal doctrine, we have made enormous strides over the years in the education of both races. Personally, I think it would have been sounder judgment to allow that progress to continue through the process of natural evolution. However, there is no point crying about spilt milk.”
“New laboratories and centers will help our schools lift their standards of excellence and explore new methods of teaching. These centers will provide special training for those who need and deserve special treatment.”
“In the years since then, those four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the American Republic and for the world.”
“Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million - more than one-quarter of all America - have not even finished high school.”
“And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those goals a reality.”
“Today - wealthier, more powerful and more able than ever before in our history - our Nation can declare another essential freedom.”
“The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.”
“In addition to our existing programs, I will recommend a new program for schools and students with a first-year authorization of $1,500 million.”

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