Jonathan Kozol Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“All of my education at Harvard, then Oxford, then Paris was in literature - even my thesis was on Shakespeare.”

“I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.”

“Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.”

“I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.”

“I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.”

“No human being who wants to read and own a book should ever have to go on a bended knee to get it.”

“We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.”

“When I was young, I was religious.”

“If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded schools, we will have to allow those public funds to be used for any type of private school.”

“Now, I don't expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how it is. This is what we have done. This is what we have permitted.”