Education is a key factor in the development not only of individual citizens but of the country as a whole.

A department of education will enable the Federal Government to do a better job of helping States and local communities carry out their educational responsibilities.

Teaching has never been easy, and inspiring students is more difficult still.

The theme of this year's American Education Week, 'Education Can Turn Things Around,' expresses our faith in the power of education.

I think we need a department of education.

Education is the key to unlocking the potential of every individual and building a stronger society.

He was a friend of working people and family farmers and an early sponsor of legislation for clean water, Federal aid to education, and reclamation of strip-mined land.

I ask each American to take the time and trouble to learn about drug abuse prevention.

Education is now the Nation's number one business.

All of us, as individuals and collectively as a nation, owe much, a very great deal, to our teachers during our lifetime.

Meeting the educational challenges of America's third century must not be the responsibility of educators and teachers alone.

I pledge my cooperation and my continuing effort on behalf of American education.

That is what we really want--the money to go to your school districts directly with a minimum of red tape as far as Washington, D.C., is concerned.

Assist educational agencies at all levels in developing high-quality, innovative health and physical education programs which emphasize the importance of exercise to good health.

The best education is the education you get in the school that is closest to your home.

This means better education, better setting of local priorities, more hope for our troubled State, city, and county governments, and an opportunity in the future for lower property taxes for the overburdened American homeowner.

I have directed the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to cut all possible red tape so that all eligible miners and dependents start receiving their benefits as soon as possible.

The Government should never dictate to the people what kind of education is best, but it has an obligation to provide the people with the research and the information they need to decide these matters for themselves.