If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no independent commitment to ideas, it is having an excess of commitment to some special and constricting idea.

Quote by Richard Hofstadter

Topics: Commitment Quotes, Mind Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what...

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational...

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

The university's characteristic state may be summarized by the words of the lady who said,...

The university's characteristic state may be summarized by the words of the lady who said,...

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...