Richard Nixon actually said...

Our purpose here is not to aid religion in particular, but to promote diversity in education within the Constitution.

They give a spur of competition to the public schools-through which educational innovations come; both systems benefit, and progress results...

They offer a wider range of possibilities for educational experimentation and special opportunities, especially for Spanish-speaking America...

Should any single school system--public or private--ever acquire a complete monopoly over the education of our children, the result would ne...