In Our Underachieving Colleges, [Derek] Bok acts as both diagnostician and healer, wielding social-science statistics and professional studies to trace the etiology of today's illnesses and to recommend palliative treatments for what he has discovered.
Donald KaganYou have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live.
Donald KaganWar has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states
Donald KaganI can see that you [Bruce Cole] are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anybody at a different place or a different time: What's the same and what's different?
Donald Kagan