To find out what we presently are and where we are going, we must know what we have been and what others have done; and this, because the humanities are at once the creation and the interpreters of the past, is the great purpose of humanistic scholarship.
Howard Mumford JonesPersecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
Howard Mumford JonesOurs is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.
Howard Mumford JonesIf the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed.
Howard Mumford Jones