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

Anybody who feels at ease in the world today is a fool.

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

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.

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.

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

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.