Quotes by LouAnne Johnson

Knowledge counts but common sense matters.

There are two kinds of books in the world--the boring kind they make you read in school and the interesting kind that they wont let you read in school because then they would have to talk about real stuff like sex and divorce and is there a God and if there isnt then what happens when you die, and how come the history books have so many lies in them.

I know you kids are angry, because the world isnt fair. Well, get over it, because its never going to be fair. The white boys have all the money and all the power and thats the way it is. And they arent going to give it up - to you or to me. And you cant blame them for it because if you had it, you wouldnt give it to them, either. But fighting each other isnt going to fix anything. All its going to do is let everybody go on insisting that black and Hispanic kids are ignorant and violent. Thats perfect. Its easy. If youre ignorant and violent, people who dont like you can kick you out of school or put you in jail. And its you own fault.