Democratic party Quote by Mark Lilla

A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers…

— John Lancaster Spalding

“Liberal education accomplishes two objects. It produces a liberal frame of mind, and it makes the studious and reflective recipient acquainted with the stream…

— Charles Eliot

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or…

— Alan K. Simpson

Liberal education reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness.

— Leo Strauss

“Now, however, the educational system has become the weapon of choice for modern liberals in their project of dismantling American culture.”

— Robert Bork

“Liberal education intertwines the philosophical and rhetorical so that we learn how to learn, so that we continue both inquiry and cultural participation throughout…

— Michael S. Roth

Perhaps the most fundamental value of a liberal education is that it makes life more interesting. It allows you to think things which do…

— Kingman Brewster, Jr

Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That's me,…

— Rick Perlstein

The demise of higher education as a public good is also evident in light of the election of a number of right-wing politicians who…

— Henry Giroux

Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and…

— Charles William Eliot

A liberal education forms a single body. Those, therefore, who from tender years receive instruction in the various forms of learning, recognize the same…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio