A Socrates in every classroom.

Quote by Alfred Whitney Griswold

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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.

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...

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.

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.

In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The...

In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The...

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...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books

No furniture is so charming as books.

No furniture is so charming as books.

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of...

I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of...