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'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in 1964, which became an instant classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [[Republican Party]] candidate for president.

'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in 1964, which became an instant classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [[Republican Party]] candidate for president.

'''''The election of [[Donald Trump]] as president in 2016 was the fulfillment of the vision in this prophetic work.'''''  The ''New York Times'' credited this book with the rise of Trump and [[Jeff Sessions]], who was Trump's top nominee for his Cabinet:<ref>Sharon LaFraniere and Matt Apuzzo, "Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track," ''New York Times'' (Jan. 6, 2017).</ref>

'''''The election of [[Donald Trump]] as president in 2016 was the fulfillment of the vision in this prophetic work.'''''  The ''New York Times'' credited this book with the rise of Trump and [[Jeff Sessions]], who was Trump's top nominee for his Cabinet:<ref>[http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/08/us/politics/jeff-sessions-attorney-general.html  Sharon LaFraniere and Matt Apuzzo, "Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track," ''New York Times'' (Jan. 6, 2017)].</ref>

{{cquote|In high school, ... Mr. Sessions was fascinated by Phyllis Schlafly’s book “A Choice Not an Echo,” a catechism on the split between the Republican Party establishment and its right wing. The book enjoined true conservatives to topple the party’s kingmakers and compromisers, presaging the rise of the [[Tea Party]] and Mr. Trump — and now, Mr. Sessions himself.}}

{{cquote|In high school, ... Mr. Sessions was fascinated by Phyllis Schlafly’s book “A Choice Not an Echo,” a catechism on the split between the Republican Party establishment and its right wing. The book enjoined true conservatives to topple the party’s kingmakers and compromisers, presaging the rise of the [[Tea Party]] and Mr. Trump — and now, Mr. Sessions himself.}}