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The most ingenious men are now agreed, that [universities] are only nurseries of prejudice, corruption, barbarism, and pedantry.

— George Berkeley

I think universities are one of the great civilising forces of life.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

— Anonymous

Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

— Hal Abelson

The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.

— Woodrow Wilson

The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings

— John Stuart Mill

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.

— David Lodge

Universities are less constrained by authority and rigid doctrine in the United States than in most other societies, to my knowledge.

— Noam Chomsky

Universities are not like supermarkets: their job is to serve the country, not just the customers who happen to walk through their doors.

— David Lammy

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the…

— Alfred North Whitehead

What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that…

— George Bernard Shaw

Universities are very clarifying places of power, because everyone is focused on trying to figure out exactly what to do with their lives.

— Frederick Lenz