As a writer, politician, scientist, and businessman, [Ben] Franklin had few equals — John Taylor Gatto
School presents daily exercises in dis-association. It forces unwelcome associations on most — John Taylor Gatto
We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness – curiosity, adventure, resilience, — John Taylor Gatto
Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can’t be conditioned; — John Taylor Gatto
Government schooling made people dumber, not brighter; made families weaker; ruined formal — John Taylor Gatto
Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist. — John Taylor Gatto