A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

The education of women is the best way to save the environment.

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

My mom used to tell me that the most valuable thing she owned was her library card. We were poor, but that's not what she was talking about. My mom knew that education opened doors and opened minds.

If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you're really telling me that education is 10 times better at Harvard than it is at University of Toronto? That seems ridiculous to me.