A Socrates in every classroom.
About Alfred Whitney Griswold
Alfred Whitney Griswoldwas 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.
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The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.
American historian (1906-1963)
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.
American historian (1906-1963)
It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not.
American historian (1906-1963)
In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.
American historian (1906-1963)
Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail.
American historian (1906-1963)
Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored.
American historian (1906-1963)
A Socrates in every classroom.
American historian (1906-1963)