Education Can Lift Individuals Out Of Poverty

Vernon Reis Opened The World To Me Through Books. He Taught Me That While I Was Physically Firmly Planted In Blue-collar Auburn, Washington In The 50s And Early 60s, Intellectually I Could Go Anywhere, Explore Anything, And Sample Exciting New Ideas Simply By Opening A Book.

I Will Never Be Able To Create A Budget From Scratch With The Amount Of Time That I Have, But My Instructions Remain The Same: Give Me A Budget That Has No New Revenue.

Education Is The Foundation Upon Which We Build Our Future.

Truly, The Challenges We Face Are Not Democratic Challenges Or Republican Challenges. In Fact, They Are Not Political Challenges At All; They Are Fiscal Challenges, And Educational Challenges, And The Challenges Of Figuring Out How To Take Care Of Each Other...

It's Our Responsibility To Pass On What We Inherited, Not To Squander It, But To Build On It.