The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues

Quote by Robert Maynard Hutchins

Topics: Indifference Quotes, Suffering Quotes

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.

Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.

Democracy has not failed; the intelligence of the race has failed before the problems the...

Democracy has not failed; the intelligence of the race has failed before the problems the...

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who...

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who...

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university...

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university...

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom.

Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

Freedom's just another word for nothin left to loose. Nothin, don't mean nothin honey if...

Freedom's just another word for nothin left to loose. Nothin, don't mean nothin honey if...

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any...

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any...

Freedom has no history.

Freedom has no history.

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a...