The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

People will say I'm an idealist. I hope so.

[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism.