No substantial famine has ever occurred in a democratic country - no matter how poor.

Poverty is a big barrier if you are at the bottom layer of society, don't know where the next meal is coming from. It is not a big barrier of taking the rich with the poor in a big society to provide schooling for all.

I think just as armament had a major impact of a negative kind in the world, education is something which has a major impact of a positive kind in the world. And I think the American population, with its humanity and with its concern about the future of the world, has a real reason to think about what it can do to help the world in expanding education.

The anti-globalization movement is one of the biggest globalized events of the contemporary world, people coming from everywhere, —Australia, Indonesia, Britain, India, Poland, Germany, South Africa—to demonstrate in Seattle or Quebec. What could be more global than that?

Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.

Poverty is not really as much of an obstacle to educational expansion as it's sometimes made out to be.

There are few subjects that match the social significance of women's education in the contemporary world.