I want to lead a new era of mutual responsibility in education.

We have to set high standards for them, and spend time with them, and love them.

We are not a ‘these kids' nation.

It is now our moment to keep that promise - the promise of America - alive in the 21st century.

Every child deserves what the wisest parents want for their own youngsters.

There is no reason we can't and shouldn't replicate this all across America.

Education is now the currency of the Information Age.

I know that if we bring early education programs to these communities; if we stop waiting until high-school to address the drop-out rate and start in earlier grades; if we bring in new, qualified teachers; if we expand college outreach…

We can make a difference in the lives of our children and the life of this country.

I do not accept this future for America.

This kind of America is morally unacceptable for our children.

There is no substitute for a parent who is involved in their child's education from day one.

The fact is, No Child Left Behind has done more to stigmatize and demoralize our students and teachers in struggling schools than it has to marshal the talent and the determination and the resources to turn them around.

Education is, in my estimation, the civil rights and national security issue of our time.

Supporting our public schools is key to addressing many of our nation's challenges and issues.

They're not ‘these kids.' They're our kids. All of them.

I want to be a President who rewards them for their greatness.

She went on to make up the point, as some of the Republicans have made, that she's made -- she's met with all these world leaders. And I was wondering which world leader told her to -- that we needed to invade Iraq, because that's not…