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Delaware Quotes
Lines about Delaware, mostly centered on its state university.
Most of these quotes focus on Delaware State University: its founding in 1890 out of social necessity rather than choice, its growth across all three counties of Delaware, and the students whose attendance represented a dream still being built. See Education quotes for more on schooling and learning.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again.
- Deepening
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Speaker, the Delaware River deepening project is important for my constituents, for our region and for the entire nation. I trust that, when they examine the facts about it, every one of my colleagues will join me in supporting it.
- Cargo
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Delaware River Power Squadron is dedicated to boating safety through education and civic activities in several locations in Philadelphia while also serving the boating public throughout southern Pennsylvania, the Delaware River, and the Chesapeake Bay.
- Delaware State
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- Nov 07, 2020
After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education.
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- Nov 07, 2020
And the university's reputation will only continue to grow as stories like Elaine's are spread. Delaware State University's motto 'a past to honor, a future to insure,' couldn't be any more fitting for this transitional period you are going through.
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- Nov 07, 2020
By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools.
- Delaware State
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting to where Delaware State is today was a challenge my friends - a challenge proudly met by the people of this community and the Delaware State family.
- Delaware State
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could not agree more. The students of Delaware State often looked to the school as their chance, their hand up, their hope. And they gave their all.
- Delaware State University
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State.
- Delaware State
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- Nov 07, 2020
Their families helped them realize that there was more out there for them. These students came to Delaware State because of its inexpensive tuition, closeness to home, and solid reputation.
- College Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school.
- Delaware State University
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- Nov 07, 2020
Upon arriving, meeting their teachers and signing up for classes, these students began to realize that their attendance at Delaware State University was not a goal achieved, but rather a dream being sewn - a first step, if you will.
- Delaware State
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Delaware State University was founded in 1890, it was not by choice, but by social reality.
- Delaware State
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- Nov 07, 2020