The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.
The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.
Universities are like a utopia in a way, because you're mentally stimulated, you're challenged, and you have a lot of young, creative minds wanting to do new things, different things. Better things.
Universities are the custodians not only of the many cultures of man, but of the rational process itself.
A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.
Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.
Universities should be about more than developing work skills. They must also be about producing civic-minded and critically engaged citizens - citizens who can engage in debate, dialogue and bear witness to a different and critical sense of remembering, agency, ethics and collective resistance.
It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.
The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.