From The Quotable Mises — surrounding passage

Public funds must not be used for such purposes. The rearing and instruction of youth must be left entirely to parents and to private associations and institutions. Liberalism , p. 115

“European totalitarianism is an upshot of bureaucracy’s preeminence in the field of education. The universities paved the way for the dictators.”

Bureaucracy , p. 87 The pseudo-liberals monopolize the teaching jobs at many universities. Only men who agree with them are appointed as teachers and instructors of the social sciences, and only textbooks supporting their ideas are used. Planning for Freedom , p. 162 Tax-supported universities are under the sway of the party in power. The authorities try to appoint only professors who are ready to advance ideas of which they themselves approve. Human Action , p. 868; p.