Janusz Korczak Quotes

“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated with tenderness and respect. They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be. 'The unknown person' inside of them is our hope for the future.”

“To reform the world - means to reform upbringing...”

“Whenever socialism appears it destroys at least one thing: diversity. Everything has to be "the best", but in reality as we know best things are scarse.. Let me remind you again, that for the Reds, "best" things are these things that they consider "the best" for us, not these that we like!!”

“Saying you are a patriot is not enough - you have to be one.”

“Socialism is a monster, which will die.”

“We are not for making shoes, so the shoemakers can have jobs, but so we can wear the shoes.”

“The sleep of reason encourages the elections.”

“Nobody is sure of his life, property and health when the parliament deliberates.”

“Justice is to social justice like a chair to an electric chair.”

“For if the car drives in the wrong direction better fuel doesn't help.”