There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

Football, fraternities and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn't be in the university.

Democracy has not failed; the intelligence of the race has failed before the problems the race has raised

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

When we listen to the radio, look at television and read the newspapers we wonder whether universal education has been the great boon that its supporters have always claimed it would be.

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues.