Character Quote by Richard Hofstadter

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything…

— Richard Hofstadter

It's one of the tragedies of the modern university that it offers little space to generalists.

— Rutger Bregman

I love the idea of a university as away from capitalist values, where people can do things that don't immediately have to pay their…

— Alain de Botton

The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the coming century will be…

— Ernest L. Boyer

Looking back over a decade one sees the ideal of a university become a myth, a vision, a meadow lark among the smoke stacks.…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.

— Gordon Gee

“The university is well structured, well tooled, to turn out people with all the sharp edges worn off, the well-rounded person. The university is…

— Mario Savio

Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often made the…

— Tony Attwood

The universe is a great university.

— Sai Baba

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

— Benjamin Disraeli

A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations…

— Richard Hofstadter

“The university classroom is neither a shopping mall whose existence depends on disseminating the latest, sexiest critical approach, nor a museum, where ideas are…

— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield