Political Quotes

Arne Duncan

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Quotes by year · 20072025153 total · peak 2009 (34)
2007: 26 quotes2008: 1 quote2009: 34 quotes2010: 16 quotes2011: 21 quotes2012: 9 quotes2013: 15 quotes2014: 6 quotes2015: 7 quotes2020: 13 quotes2025: 5 quotes
Mar 19, 2025

You can never say what Trump won't do. I hope he's telling the truth, that they won't touch those funds, but you honestly never know with him.

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Mar 19, 2025

Trump has broken that department. He's broken FSA, he's broken the Department of Education. And if something goes wrong, I desperately hope it doesn't happen. But if something goes wrong this fall with young people going back to college…

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Mar 5, 2025

You can lie to parents about a lot of things, but if you start taking away opportunities from their children, you better watch out.

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Sep 7, 2020

The absence of leadership at the federal level has had a devastating impact on kids' education in the spring, and now going into the fall and that hasn't changed.

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Sep 7, 2020

The goal is not to reopen schools, the goal is to keep schools open. Do it slowly, gradually, thoughtfully, carefully.

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Sep 7, 2020

We should not be in this situation. No teacher, no child, no parent deserves this. The truth is the vast majority of kids around the country cannot go to physical school because it is not safe to do so.

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Aug 20, 2020

President Trump has lost all credibility on this issue of fighting the virus a long, long time ago.

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Aug 20, 2020

What the White House needs to do is invest in public education, at this time, a critical need.

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Jul 23, 2020

Well, it's unbelievably disturbing and infuriating, and obviously, she is lying. Obviously, there's no science there. And not only is she fundamentally dishonest, she is dangerous.

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