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.

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

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

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

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.

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

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.