Book Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Farewell Address, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
Warns against censorship and the erasure of history, urging preservation of evidence and ideas.
In simple terms: Don't hide evidence of ideas.
Key Takeaway
Protect records, speak truth.
Themes
freedom
history
censorship
Mood
cautious
defiant
Type
political
philosophical
When to use this quote
- academic research
- journalism
- legal trials
- archival work
Key Concepts
democracy
memory
truth
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you ensure ideas survive suppression?
- What role does evidence play in accountability?
A Different Perspective
Even with evidence, power can still suppress truth.
![“One of the scandalous things I did was as I read them afterward I would burn them. I loved them, but for practical reasons I had to lighten the load. I burned favorites, like William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." There's a whole list in the back of my book. It's me,[Adolf] Hitler, [Benito]…” quote by Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c5f/cheryl-strayed-605_book_one-of-the-scandalous-things-i-did-was-a_2945423.jpg)
