Drawn from speeches, interviews, and hearings, these statements by Secretary of Education, T. H. Bell, address a broad range of issues involving the federal role in education. Quotations are grouped for 1983 and 1982 and include such topics as accreditation, black colleges, civil rights, consumer and vocational education, excellence in education, master teachers, special education, selective service, prayer, Martin Luther King, student aid, grants, loans, budget cuts, tuition tax credits, art, basic skills, bilingual education, adult education and rehabilitation, citizenship education, deregulation and consolidation of programs, research, the role of parents and school boards and the Secretary, rural and urban education, school success, and science and math and language courses. Quotations are arranged alphabetically by topic. (MJL)