Michael Bennet Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“To protect our country's economic future and the health and well being of all Americans, we must find a way to rein in out-of-control costs, provide quality, affordable health care choices to all, and make outrageous insurance industry abuses a thing of the past.”

“I believe there's not a harder job in the world than being a teacher, and there isn't a job with a more direct impact on the performance of our students.”

“If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy.”

“My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.”

“Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.”

“Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.”

“While NCLB drove important progress on transparency and data disaggregation, I think it's clear that the status quo in public education is not working for our kids or our country.”

“A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.”

“I think the inhabitants of the past are fighting hard to keep the rents they acquired in the 20th century.”

“I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.”