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"The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education."

Lucy Powell on Education

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  • "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 Lucy Powell

  • "Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is a false choice. It fails to recognise that climate change and our carbon reliance is part of problem - high fuel prices and food shortages due to poor crop yields compound today's financial difficulties."

  • "These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better."

  • "There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth."

  • "Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is a false choice. It fails to recognise that climate change and our carbon reliance is part of problem - high fuel prices and food shortages due to poor crop yields compound today's financial difficulties."

  • "What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power."

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