It Is A Barren Kind Of Criticism

Books Won't Stay Banned. They Won't Burn. Ideas Won't Go To Jail.

This Man, Comrades, Has A Nice Smile, But He Has Iron Teeth.

Self-respect Cannot Be Hunted. It Cannot Be Purchased. It Is Never For Sale.

Could Hamlet Have Been Written By A Committee, Or The "mona Lisa" Painted By A Club? Could The New Testament Have Been Composed As A Conference Report? Creative Ideas Do Not Spring From Groups. They Spring From Individuals. 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.

Books Won't Stay Banned. They Won't Burn. Ideas Won't Go To Jail. In The Long Run Of History, The Censor And The Inquisitor Have Always Lost. The Only Sure Weapon Against Bad Ideas Is Better Ideas. The Source Of Better Ideas Is Wisdom. The Surest Path To Wisdom Is A Liberal Education.