If there are amazing graces on this earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and not yet soiled by the knowledge that their nation does not love them.

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.

The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we call - in enemy nations - 'state indoctrination.'

False hope is worse than despair.

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing.

Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now in the United States.

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.

Give royal treatment to your original magic effects, because one of the effects might make you the king of magic.

Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

I love dress shopping, and I love talking about the wedding food. That's what makes me happy. If you tell me to do a guest list, I cry. I hate it.

The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable foundation of confidence.

They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.

Adversity is a good school.

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

Life is a beautiful struggle, but life is worth living

For every "Drive Safely" sign, shouldn't there be a "Resume Normal Driving" sign?

Ready to be humiliated, Wanda?" Wes taunted. "You may have taken the planet, but you're losing this game.