There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled.

The liberal arts inform and enlighten the independent citizen of a democracy in the use of his own resources.... They enlarge his capacity for self-knowledge and expand his opportunities for self-improvement.... They are the wellsprings of a free society.

Liberal learning is both a safeguard against false ideas of freedom and a source of true ones.

A Socrates in every classroom.

The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.

There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled.

There are certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled. Among these are many, I should say most, of the things that constitute the good life. All are essential to democracy. All are proof against its enemies.