Lord Brougham Speech

Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

No task before our nation is more important than expanding and improving the educational opportunities of all our people. The concept that every American deserves the opportunity to attain the highest level of education of which he is capable is not new to this Administration – it is a traditional ideal of democracy. But it is time that we moved toward the fulfillment of this ideal with more vigor and less delay. For education is both the foundation and the unifying force of our democratic way of life – it is the mainspring of our economic and social progress – it is the highest expression of achievement in our society, ennobling and enriching human life. In short, it is at the same time the most profitable investment society can make and the richest reward it can offer.

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.

Perhaps because my father never got a college degree himself, he continued to view people who had one with a respect that bordered on awe. In most cases they didn’t deserve it. My father could run circles around most academics and he would have done very well in college, if he’d been able to go.

We seldom suffer from taking our subject of study too seriously, but we usually suffer when we take ourselves too seriously.

Because of the flexibility that community colleges afford, many students do not have to choose between an education and fulfilling other responsibilities – they can do both.

In our culture and in culture sometimes they make you feel a little be weird for being smart… but we are intelligent people and our dreams matter regardless of if you speak with an accent and people think that that makes you not intelligent.

To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.

The biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education.

College is part of the American Dream. It shouldn’t be part of a financial nightmare for families.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.