The adherence of the universities to the military involve the neglect and have carried far enough the betrayal of the university's fundamental reason for existence, which is the advancement of man's search for truth and happiness. It is for this purpose alone that universities receive and and should receive the community's support. When the university turns away from its central purpose and makes itself an appendage to the government, concerning itself with techniques rather than ideals, dispensing conventional orthodoxy rather than new ideas, it is not only failing to meet its responsibilities, it is betraying a public trust.
-J. William Fulbright
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