"The prevailing pilosophy of education tends to discredit hard work." ~~ Abraham Flexner
"Getting education is like getting measles; you have to go where measles is." ~~ Abraham Flexner
"Education…should concern itself primarily…with the liberation, organization, and direction of power and intelligence, with the development of taste, with culture." ~~ Abraham Flexner
"Nations…borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. " ~~ Abraham Flexner