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[Most] parents feel affection for their children, and this sets limits to the harm they do them. But education authorities have no affection for the children...
The majority of parents feel affection for their children, and this sets limits to the harm they do them. But education authorities have no affection for the children concerned; at best, they are actuated by public spirit, which is directed towards the community as a whole, and not merely towards the children; at worst, they are politicians engaged in squabbles for plums. Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order |