Jonathan Kozol Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“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, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book.”

“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.”

“We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.”

“I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.”

“Discrimination is alive and soaring.”

“I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.”

“I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.”

“It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.”

“It's sad that some people who have one exciting moment spend the rest of their lives rehashing it.”

“My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle.”