"The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education"

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten"

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows"

"Character matters; leadership descends from character"

"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run"

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine"

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it"

"I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out"

"I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories"