The cause of equality is not to make people the same, but to give to each person the chance to be the best that he or she can be.Jonathan Kozol
We destroy the love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to work for petty and contemptible rewards.Jonathan Kozol
If equity is to be regarded as undesirable or unattainable, we are frustrating every parent's dream for his or her children.Jonathan Kozol
In a country where we believe in freedom and democracy, it seems incredible that we allow things of this nature to take place.Jonathan Kozol
The rich send their children to their own suburban schools and 'let the poor fend for themselves'.Jonathan Kozol
Placing the burden of inequality on the shoulders of a child is a stealthy means of exonerating ourselves from guilt.Jonathan Kozol
Even a fine teacher cannot teach a starving child.Jonathan Kozol
We need to free half a million beautiful, funny, adventurous, eager-to-learn children from a system that prevents the vigorous exercise of their minds.Jonathan Kozol
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.Jonathan Kozol
The schools we get, we get not by chance, but as the result of substantial indifference.Jonathan Kozol