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

Most people spend their time on the 'urgent' rather than on the 'important.'

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.

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

Education can be dangerous. It is very difficult to make it not dangerous. In fact, it is almost impossible.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.