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.

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.

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

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

Mathematics ... is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think at all is to think like a mathematician.

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.