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Abraham Flexner
(13 Nov 1866 - 21 Sep 1959)
American educator.
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Science Quotes by Abraham Flexner (3)
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
— Abraham Flexner
Universities: American, English, German (1930), qMU2AAAAIAAJ&q
The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships—a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed institutions of learning in their entire history. Unintelligence could go no further! ... [In Great Britain, the situation is similar.] ... Until the figures are reversed, ... nations deceive themselves as to what they care about most.
— Abraham Flexner
Universities: American, English, German (1930), qMU2AAAAIAAJ&q
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied; they are, if sound, the spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.
— Abraham Flexner
I Remember (1940), 405.
