The liberal arts inform and enlighten the independent citizen of a democracy in the use of his own resources… They enlarge his capacity for self-knowledge and expand his opportunities for self-improvement… They are the wellsprings of a free society. — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
There are certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled. Among these are many, I should say most, of the things that constitute the good life. All are essential to democracy. All are… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education. — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
This man, Comrades, has a nice smile, but he has iron teeth. — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
If appeasing our enemies is not the answer, neither is hating them… Somewhere between the extremes of appeasement and hate there is a place… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Could Hamlet have been written bya committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the NewTestament have been composed as a conference… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
The liberal arts inform and enlighten the independent citizen of a democracy in the use of his own resources… They enlarge his capacity for… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Certain things we cannot accomplish... by any process of government. We cannot legislate intelligence. We cannot legislate morality. No, and we cannot legislate loyalty,… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the "Mona Lisa" painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Liberal learning is both a safeguard against false ideas of freedom and a source of true ones. — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
