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"Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen."

Kerry Washington on Education

More quotes about Education

  • "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

    Nelson Mandela on Education

  • "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

    Albert Einstein on Education

  • "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    Aristotle on Education

  • "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

    Maya Angelou on Education

  • "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

    Oscar Wilde on Education

More quotes by Kerry Washington

  • "That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives."

  • "The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river."

  • "Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen."

  • "The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river."

  • "I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?"

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