Robert M. Hutchins Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

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

by:	Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977) American educational philosopher, president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927–1929)
Source:	Time magazine, 8 December 1952
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Categories:	Education, Free Thought, Speech
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Tell that to the snowflakes on college campuses today. -- Jim K, Austin 2
Well it used to be true. -- David, Mannington 1
Authoritarians must control the dialogue in order to remain in the position of authority. Questioning authority used to be a hallmark of the liberal cause -- something's changed on college campuses today. 'Education' has become a massive labor racket only possible with 'loans' from the banking establishment which the government will cover. The result? Every graduating student has a debt the size of a house -- or what could buy one. And what to show for it? Substandard education, and a tenured unionized class that milks its customers (students) for everything they've got and for the next 15 years. Differing points of view? Compulsion is the hallmark of the liberals, now. -- E Archer, NYC 2
I like it a lot. Couched in an applicable context, it becomes more or less accurate. -- Mike, Norwalk 1
Education is closer to a continual scrutinization; any claims of being different, scrutinized with extreme cautious but fair examination. For the hunter still roams as we try to cultivate understanding. -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown