Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.” ~ Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977) American educational philosopher, president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927–1929)Source: Great Books, 1954