Education Quote by Rutger Bregman

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world,…

— Richard Hofstadter

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

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

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

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

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

“Universities, he (William Dershowitz) says, have been absorbed into the commercial ethos. Instead of being intervals of freedom, they are breeding grounds for advancement.…

— David Brooks

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

Service to mankind must ever be the ideal of this great university. It was established in the name of Jesus Christ, who gave his…

— Dallin H. Oaks

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

— Henri Nouwen

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

An English university is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been . hunted out…

— Adam Smith

A university is supposed to be a place where all ideas are discussed.

— Jerry Falwell, Jr