Quotes from Eva Moskowitz

Part of me would love to be mayor for the simple reason that I love my city.

Any elected official who asks to visit my schools is welcome to do so; there is no political litmus test.

I believe education is a bipartisan issue, and I intend to support those educational policies of President Trump with which I agree.

I didn't design schools for poor kids. I'm designing schools to be world-class.

Excellence is the accumulation of hundreds of minute decisions; it is execution at the most granular level. Once you accept the idea that you should give in to things that make no sense because other people do those things and you want to appear reasonable, you are on a path towards mediocrity.

I've never believed the charter movement was exclusively for socially and economically disadvantaged kids.

I thought I was leaving elected office and politics in order to focus on schooling, but as you know, schooling turns out to be frankly even more political than politics.

Why doesn't anyone care that the schools in Harlem have been unsuccessful for half a century? Why is this not a big deal? To me, it's a terrible deal.

We must renew our commitment to instilling high moral character in our students, to teaching them to treat each other with kindness, to stand up for what is right, and to respect the diversity of backgrounds and experiences that strengthen our country.

I wouldn't be educating children if I did not believe in human potential.