It’s a good idea to revitalize community colleges, to cut back, to modify the student loan program so it doesn’t go through banks.

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource – the minds of our children.

Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don’t want to be a colony in a nation.

And I think it’s that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.

It’s hard to improve public education – that’s clear.

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

If you don’t like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors‘ and mutual fund managers‘ retirement.

Social Security’s not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you’ve got to put all of it on the table.