Quotes by A.S. Neill

“Compelled respect always implies fear.”

“If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself”

“All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness.”

“I would rather see a school produce a happy street cleaner than a neurotic scholar.”

“Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture is destroyed.”

“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.”