“Many have asked, ‘Why is the University of North Carolina outstanding? Why is it unique?’ . . . I would suggest that the University is outstanding because it is a leader. It has exercised leadership in the unceasing fight for higher standards of education throughout North Carolina, and its influence has been felt in every corner of the state.”

-- Luther Hodges, Governor of North Carolina, 1960

 

Source: Remarks at the dedication of the School of Journalism building at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, October 21, 1960. In James W. Patton, ed., Messages Addresses, and Public Papers of Luther Hartwell Hodges. Raleigh: State of North Carolina, 1963, p. 459.