“Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces the area over which political power is exercised.”

“Few institutions in our society are in a more unsatisfactory state than schools. Few generate more discontent or can do more to undermine our liberty.”

“The establishment of the school system in the United States as an island of socialism in a free market sea reflected only to a very minor extent the early emergence among intellectuals of a distrust of the market and of voluntary exchange. Mostly, it simply reflected the importance that was attached by the community to the ideal of equality of opportunity.”

“The strong American tradition of voluntary action has provided many excellent examples that demonstrate what can be done when parents have greater choice.”

“Public schools teach religion, too – not a formal, theistic religion, but a set of values and beliefs that constitute a religion in all but name.”