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Alfred Whitney Griswold

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In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.


— Alfred Whitney Griswold


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The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.


— Alfred Whitney Griswold


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A Socrates in every classroom.


— Alfred Whitney Griswold


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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.


— Alfred Whitney Griswold


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It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not.


— Alfred Whitney Griswold


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The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether it takes ultimate shape in a law of physics or a law of the land, a poem or a policy, a sonata or a mechanical computer.


— Alfred Whitney Griswold


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Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored.


— Alfred Whitney Griswold


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Did you know about Alfred Whitney Griswold?

Griswold received a Ph. Army training programs in languages and civil affairs. He was arguably Yale's first modern president and was widely quoted in the national media for his views on foreign affairs amateur athletics academic freedom and the liberal arts against government intrusion.

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