The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

Quote by Robert M Hutchins

Topics: Apathy Quotes, Death Quotes

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...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians....

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians....

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't...

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't...

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their...

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

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...

The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness.

The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.

Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even...

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even...

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place,...

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place,...

The three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for...

The three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for...

A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

From the suites of Davos to the streets of Seattle, there is a growing consensus...

From the suites of Davos to the streets of Seattle, there is a growing consensus...