52 Quotes by Major Owens

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.

There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation that's not totally pure and all-American and that requires them to do any thinking.

Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do.

I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.

It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home.

The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.

We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated.