The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robert Hutchins
The most distressing aspect of the world…
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.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robert Hutchins
The object of education is to prepare th…
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robert Hutchins
The policy of repression of ideas cannot…
The policy of repression of ideas cannot work and never has worked.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robert Hutchins
There is only one justification for univ…
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robert Hutchins
We do not know what education can do for…
We do not know what education can do for us, because we have never tried it.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robert Hutchins