I recognize and acknowledge the tribal colleges for the contribution they have made and continue to make in improving the quality of life for many American Indian people.

Secretary Dole, you really have changed the way America looks at education and training.

We must continue to find the means to educate and empower young people, new immigrants, women, minorities, and all who aspire to be entrepreneurs.

We must teach young Americans about the dangers of experimenting with drugs.

I hereby proclaim October 17, 1990, as National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day.

I hope I didn't interrupt our wonderful Secretary of Education, Larry Cavazos.

You've chosen to succeed by studying, obeying your elders, and having enough pride in yourselves just to say no to drugs.

Pickard is the little school that could.

And this concern with education is to be found wherever men and women seek to extend human liberty.

It is to construct a better future that we agreed to define national goals in education.

I believe that education is the key to success, and that we must never stop investing in it.

Good schools make a difference.

Today we strengthen American education, and by doing so, we enlarge a precious possession—American liberty.

I can guarantee you that you will be financially able to go to college, through grants or loans or work-study programs.

Our future will be determined by how well we pass along our knowledge and our values to our children.

Nothing is of greater importance to the future of America than education.

To overcome this problem, I have directed the Department of Education to take the lead in coordinating Federal efforts to eliminate functional illiteracy.

Information is the essence of education and the lifeblood of democracy.