The Role Of Third Parties Is To

It Has Been Our Fate As A Nation Not To Have Ideologies But To Be One.

A University Is Not A Service Station. Neither Is It A Political Society, Nor A Meeting Place For Political Societies. With All Its Limitations And Failures, And They Are Invariably Many, It Is The Best And Most Benign Side Of Our Society Insofar As That Society Aims To Cherish The Human Mind.

As With The Pursuit Of Happiness, The Pursuit Of Truth Is Itself Gratifying Whereas The Consummation Often Turns Out To Be Elusive.

The Intellectual ... May Live For Ideas, As I Have Said, But Something Must Prevent Him From Living For One Idea, From Becoming Obsessive Or Grotesque. Although There Have Been Zealots Whom We May Still Regard As Intellectuals, Zealotry Is A Defect Of The Breed And Not Of The Essence.

Intellect Is Resented As A Form Of Power Or Privilege.