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Robert M. Hutchins quotes

American Educator January 17, 1899 – May 17, 1977

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A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation. Robert M. Hutchins
College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America. Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins quote: "Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue..."
Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view. Robert M. Hutchins
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible. Robert M. Hutchins
We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books. Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins quote: "My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and..."
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects. Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins quote: "The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover..."
The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness. Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins quote: "The object of education is to prepare the young to educate..."
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins quote: "When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling..."
When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away. Robert M. Hutchins
Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining. Robert M. Hutchins
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. Robert M. Hutchins
A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered; about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals. Robert M. Hutchins
Football, fraternities, and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn’t be in the university. Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins quote: "This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've..."
This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault. Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins quote: "To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary..."
To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect. Robert M. Hutchins

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