Inspirational Quote by Jacque Fresco

Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

— Hal Abelson

Education must be taken out of the hands of rich illiterates, third rate politicians, and put where it belongs: in the care of scholars.…

— Katherine Anne Porter

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

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

All over the world, as governments retreat from their traditional duty to foster the common good and reconceive of themselves as mere managers of…

— J. M. Coetzee

We have to get back to universities being more focused on education and more connected on what they educate students for to the jobs…

— Bill Foster

In our post-9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might…

— Mike Rogers

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

— H. L. Mencken

It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting…

— Vincent Massey

The current siege on higher education, whether through defunding education, eliminating tenure, tying research to military needs, or imposing business models of efficiency and…

— Henry Giroux

...the exchange of students...should be vastly expanded...Information and education are powerful forces in support of peace. Just as war begins in the minds of…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The university has become a place that prepares you for the fights in the world.

— Henri Nouwen

Ironically, the universities have trained hundreds of thousands of graduates for jobs that soon will not exist. They have trained people to maintain a…

— Chris Hedges