"The public defunding of universities, along with their seizure by corporations and the uber rich, is part of the slow…"

"A third place to build the Great Society is in the classrooms of America. There your children's lives will be shaped.…"

"The United States ... celebrates rote vocational training and the singular, amoral skill of making money. It churns o…"

"The nation’s universities have been deformed into playgrounds for billionaire hedge fund managers and corporate donor…"

"I would therefore call upon Congress to take all the means within their constitutional powers to promote and encourag…"

"The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; f…"

"The free school is the promoter of that intelligence which is to preserve us as a nation. If we are to have another c…"

"As the primary step, therefore, to our advancement in all that has marked our progress in the past century, I suggest…"

"Rutgers, like most American universities, operates as a corporation. Senior administrators, who often have a Master o…"

"Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his …"