12 Robert M. Hutchins Quotes for You to Enjoy

Robert M. Hutchins

American Educator

Born: Jan 17, 1899

Died: May 17, 1977

College Education Inflame Minds Think Young

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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

Death Democracy Will Slow Indifference Likely Apathy Assassination Extinction

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

You Do-It-Yourself Fault Think Paranoia Know Got Test Anything Your

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

Education Young Object Throughout Educate Themselves Prepare Lives

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches. Robert M. Hutchins

College Important Important Things Monkey Would Wears College Student About Student He Because Itches Any Which Serious Seriousness Expression Credit Things

When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away. Robert M. Hutchins

Lie Feeling Down Feel Like Until Exercising Goes Just Away

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

Education Think Minds Possible Horizons Students Make Reform Inflame Expert Straight Them Teach Technicians Amuse

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects. Robert M. Hutchins

Education Young Minds Idea Inflame

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism. Robert M. Hutchins

Criticism Distinguished Must Only Schools Trade Centers Justification Universities

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

Education Assumes Kind Points Dialogue Continuing Different View

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

College Cover His Intellectual Graduate Graduation Presented

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