Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which read more

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."

Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."

Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training read more

Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training for the real world. Only men of very strong character surmount this handicap.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a read more

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in
the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is
abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the
soldier, in full military array.

The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the read more

The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive;
easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive;
easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.