Alfred Whitney Griswold, 1906-1963

In the Long Run, Ignorance Loses

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.

May 31, 2012 1

• authority
• ideas
• totalitarianism