Quotes by Allan Parker

“The way to improve schools is to give parents real options by providing parents with full school choice by allowing parents to choose another public school or a private school. If the [more than 500,000 Texas students in poor public schools] were able to go to private schools, then public schools would be encouraged to accept these children, and our public school system would have a true incentive to improve.”

“We were looking at a total collapse back then.”

“This is a new era we are going through now. We live in a commercial world. It is now in our hands to do a commercial agreement with our miller.”

“It brings the value of your farm a lot higher, so the banks are happy -- they know they can go out and sell your land to cover your debt now.”