"Today, we have brought thunder and lightning to Albany. Now we need all of you to roar - not just today, but every day." Tom Hobart, president, New York State United Teachers.	"We've got to preserve the opportunity to go to college and get a higher education." Carl McCall, chairman, New York State Public Higher Education Conference Board.	"Good things happen when we come together." Denis Hughes, president, New York State AFL-CIO.
"Ten years ago today we sued the state because it said that an eighth-grade education was good enough. An eighth-grade education is not good enough." Samira Ahmed, deputy director, Campaign for Fiscal Equity.	"I regret that all of us need to be here . . . Why is public education constantly battling for support?" Susan Hirst, president, School Administrators Association of New York State.	"George, we want you to know - all New Yorkers are your teachers. Learn your lesson, do your homework, sign the bill." Greg Nash, president, National Education Association - NY.
"Education is a need, not just a right. To make us fight for it is obscene." Barbara Bowen, president, Professional Staff Congress.	"The schoolhouse is being held accountable. The statehouse needs to be held accountable, too." Tim Kremer, executive director, New York State School Boards Association.	"People say people don't care about the state budget - it's inside baseball. We've got thousands of voices who say they're wrong." Tom Rogers, executive director, New York State Council of School Superintendents.
"The governor will get an education if he vetoes these bills. We'll hold him accountable." Danny Donohue, president, Civil Service Employees Association.	"We are one voice for all children. That's why we are all here today." Penny Leask, president, New York State PTA.	"Did he (Gov. Pataki) forget that education was going to be his top priority? I think our being here is going to jog his memory." Blaise Salerno, chairman, Educational Conference Board.
"This is amazing. I've never seen anything like this here. We hope the governor gets the message that the future of the state depends on what this historic event shows - that for New Yorkers of all walks of life, education is New Yorkers' No. 1 priority." Regina Eaton, executive director, The Alliance for Quality Education.	"State lawmakers must respond to their constituents by making public higher education a higher priority." William Scheuerman, president, United University Professions.	"You go back and tell your students that you made history for them!" Randi Weingarten, president, United Federation of Teachers.