Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist.

...the fullest development of the highest powers of men can be achieved only in a world of peace.

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

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.

The policy of the repression of ideas cannot work and never has worked. The alternative to it is the long difficult road of education. To this the American people have committed.

America's experiment with government of the people, by the people, and for the people depends not only on constitutional structure and organization but also on the commitment, person to person, that we make to each other.

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things.