But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.
Greg MortensonSome of the most memorable moments I've had is to have my family along - who are our greatest ambassadors for peace. Politics will never bring peace, but people will.
Greg MortensonAnd they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains
Greg MortensonI'm no military expert, and these figures might not be exactly right,' I said. 'But as best I can tell, we've launched 114 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Afghanistan so far. Now take the cost of one of those missiles, tipped with a Raytheon guidance system, which I think is about $840,000. For that much money, you could build dozens of schools that could provide tens of thousands of students with a balanced, non extremist education over the course of a generation. Which do you think will make us more secure?
Greg Mortenson