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

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.

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.

I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.

You will encounter many challenges in life. But you must never be defeated by the challenges.

We should not leave our "house of bread", because it is our assurance of eternity.

Success is not to be pursued it is to be attracted by the person you become.

If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.

I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.

When we focus on or disappointments , we stop God from ringing fresh new blessing into our lives.

When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.

One shouldnt ask oneself how a person flies or why, but simply start flying.

Imagination is the first step in creation whether in words or trifles. The mental pattern must always precede the material form.