In my experience at least, the large public universities do not fall behind in fostering creativity and independence; often the contrary.
Noam ChomskyWhen people say do you believe in God? what do they mean by it? Do I believe in some spiritual force in the world? In a way, yes. People have thoughts, emotions. If you want to call that a spiritual force, okay. But unless there's some clarification of what we're supposed to believe in or disbelieve in, I can't answer.
Noam ChomskyThe smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.
Noam ChomskyThe people I find most impressive are generally unknown at the time of their actions and forgotten in history.
Noam Chomsky