Once the law is broken with impunity, each man regains the right to any means he deems proper or necessary in order to defend himself against the new tyrant, the one who can break the law.
Allan BloomAuthentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.
Allan BloomError is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.
Allan BloomThe importance of these [college] years for an American cannot be overestimated. They are civilization's only chance to get to him.
Allan BloomNever did I think that the university was properly ministerial to the society around it. Rather I thought and think that society is ministerial to the university, and I bless a society that tolerates and supports an eternal childhood for some, a childhood whose playfulness can in turn be a blessing to society.
Allan Bloom