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People Quotes by Jonathan Kozol
- We continue, however, to write about important people, prize-winning people, blacks of grandeur, women of great fire, fame or wit. We do not write about…
- What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you to believe. Anyone I know…
- I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
- The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which…
- If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going to understand you don't fatten…
- An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically…
- But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're…
- At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well,…
- Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.
- By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of…
- People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss their cats or…
- But when I went to Harvard, it kind of got washed out of me, partly because people made fun of you in college. If you…
- I wrote the first book, and I thought people would say: 'Separate and unequal schools in the City of Boston? I didn't know that. Let's…
- The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people…
- There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside the field of…
- A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives...
- I always want to tell these young idealists that the world is not as dangerous as many in the older generation want them to believe...The…
- The rich...should beg the poor to forgive us for the bread we bring them. Healthy people sometimes feel they need to beg forgiveness too, although…
- So long as the most vulnerable people in our population are consigned to places that the rest of us will always shun and flee and…
- I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle