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If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itselfA.S. Neill
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The function of a child is to live his/her own life, not the life that his/her anxious parents think he/she should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educators who thinks they knows bestA.S. Neill
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I would rather see a school produce a happy street cleaner than a neurotic scholar.A.S. Neill
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No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.A.S. Neill
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Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need to be, for the main line of each character is always "Stick 'em up! " In these plays the curtain is always rung down on a set of corpses, for small boys are by nature through and uncompromising.A.S. Neill
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Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture is destroyed.A.S. Neill
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Compelled respect always implies fear.A.S. Neill
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All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness.A.S. Neill