"It is our nation which is blind, and…" — Jonathan Kozol

"It is our nation which is blind, and needs our prayers."

— 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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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He… — Teresa of Avila
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is… — Francis Bacon
In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because… — Gerry Adams
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind… — John Adams
Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with… — Martha Beck
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of… — Theodor Adorno
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in… — Josh Billings
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind… — Cate Blanchett
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is… — Andrea Bocelli
The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than… — Andrea Bocelli
The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking. — Christina Aguilera

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