Edward Everett

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison”

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom”

“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army”

“Education is the transmission of civilization”

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity”

“If a man neglects education he walks lame to the end of his life”

“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education”

“Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them”

“It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible”

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul”