Alfred Whitney Griswold Quotes

Alfred Whitney Griswold — American Educator born on October 27, 1906, died on April 19, 1963

Alfred Whitney Griswold , who went by his second given name, was an American historian and educator. He served as 16th President of Yale University from 1951 to 1963, during which he built much of Yale's modern scientific research infrastructure, especially on Science Hill... (wikipedia)

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

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

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.

A Socrates in every classroom.

Alfred Whitney Griswold Quotes

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