"Charity isn't a good substitute for justice." — Jonathan Kozol

"Charity isn't a good substitute for justice."

— Jonathan Kozol

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106 Quotes by Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol has 106 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on…
We continue, however, to write about important people, prize-winning people, blacks of grandeur, women of great fire, fame or wit.…
What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you…
Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate…
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.…
If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going…
As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the…
Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It should have some claims upon our mercy, not for its…
Unlike these powerful grown-ups, children have no ideologies to reinforce, no superstructure of political opinion to promote, no civic equanimity…
So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with…
Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. — Andrea Arnold
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'… — Arthur Ashe
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can… — Ibrahim Babangida
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

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