Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers. – Christine Gregoire
When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential. – Christine Gregoire
I want to work on respecting individuals dignity. Equal rights, thats where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and thats what we need. – Christine Gregoire
Weve established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better. – Christine Gregoire
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. – Wangari Maathai