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.

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.

The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.

How could she ever know that someone would pick her story up and carry it with him everywhere?

As we all know, there is no harder or more rewarding job than being a mom.

The Indian youth needs to be empowered, and it can be done through good education and vocational training.

The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference.

As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.

There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.

Some form of common worship and a common place of worship appear to be a human necessity.

Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.