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

Quote by Richard Hofstadter

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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

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If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

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...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...