Bravo Ayn! It takes a woman to put it simply, clearly, concisely. Truth doesn't need a lot of rhetoric.

This quote is an example of why the "powers-that-be" in our present society want to erase or edit what is taught in our schools, about the history of the U.S.A. Forewarned is forearmed, and everything Jefferson said in that quote is proving to be true, with this administration sealing our doom (which they call "CHANGE,") and seducing the naive Liberals that idolize Obama and his policies... with no thought to the chilling outcome of such an agenda.

Logan: five stars!

Before there were schools there were religions, from the most primitive to the most organized. These made the rules for co-existence and survival within the clan, the tribe, the group. Organized education began as a way to teach necessary skills and crafts (an outgrowth of the apprentice system), so that the people could succeed and prosper within the group, and be able to trade with other groups. Politics evolved as a way of regulating, controlling, policing and profiting from the work and success of the people within the clans, tribes, and groups. Now Government controls people's rights to chose and practice a religion; to chose an education which will suit their specific needs rather than the economic needs of the Government; and, with the aid of the tool of the Government and Private Interest Groups...the Media... they control the information, opinion, and morals/ethics of the people. We are manipulated to the advantage of the politicians and private interest. This is the natural progression of the avaricious and power-hungry, be it Church or State, in its take-over of the minds of its people. We've bought it.....now we are paying for it!