56 Quotes by Jim Clyburn

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn't be limited to the wealthiest few.

A lot of very competent people sometimes make errors.

Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy especially for those in rural America. Our program invests in clean energy alternatives and provides energy assistance for those in need.

Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans.

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up.

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother.

I admire and respect Bill Clinton. I think he was a great president.

Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough?... John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it.... We would have been failures if had to do the same things we did.