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

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A Socrates in every classroom.

A Socrates in every classroom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

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

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

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

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

The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether...

The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether...

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

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