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• Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as rational and…
• We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.
• Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist.
• Every act of every man is a moral act, to be tested by moral, and not by economic criteria.
• America's experiment with government of the people, by the people, and for the people depends not only on constitutional structure and organization…
• The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as…
• A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death
• There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
• Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and…
• Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.
• ...the fullest development of the highest powers of men can be achieved only in a world of peace.
• Too few have the courage of my convictions.

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