A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.
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To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.Robert M. Hutchins
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
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It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
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Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.
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The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
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